Well ſtuffit with al maner apparell
That longith to o ſege or to batell;
Whar-with his oſt was cloſit al about,
[740] That of no ſtrenth nedith hyme to dout.
When he heard of Arthur’s coming,
And when he hard the cumyne of the king,
And of his oſt, and of his gaderyng,
The wich he reput but of febil myght
[744] Ayanis hyme for to ſuſten the ficht,
His conſell holl aſſemblit he, but were,