[684] He lichtit doune, and ther he can abide;
And yit with hyme to batell fore to go
having only seven thousand with him.
Vij thousand fechteris war thei, and no mo.
LANCELOT’S LAMENT.
This was the lady, of qwhome befor I tolde,
Lancelot, having been imprisoned by the lady of Melyhalt,
[688] That lancilot haith in to hir kepinge holde;
But for to tell his paſing hewyneſſe,
His peyne, his ſorow, and his gret diſtreſſe