[572] And helmyt knychtis, boith with ſheld and ſpere;
And neuer thinkith to retwrn home whill
That he this lond haith conqueſt at his will;
and he intends to possess queen Vanour.
And ek vanour the quen, of whome that hee
[576] Herith report of al this world that ſhee
In fairhed and in wertew doith excede,
He bad me ſay he thinkis to poſſede.”
ARTHUR DEFIES GALIOT.
Arthur returns his defiance.