And thane the kyng-An-hundereth-knychtis cold,
(And ſo he hot, for neuermore he wolde
Ryd of his lond, but In his cumpany
[756] O hundyre knyghtis ful of chiuellry).
[Fol. 10 b.]
The king of a hundred knights (Maleginis) undertakes the exploit;
He ſaith, “shir, ande I one hond [may] tak,
If It you pleß, this Iorney ſhal I mak.”
Quod galiot, “I grant It yow, but ye
[760] Shal firſt go ryd, yone knychtis oſt and see.”