With-outen more he ridith our the plan,
And ſaw the oſt and is returnyd ayañ;
And callit them mo than he hade ſen, for why
[764] He dred the reprefe of his cumpany.
who reconnoitres Arthur’s host, and says it is 10,000 strong: whereon Galiot charges him to take the same number.
And to his lord apone this wys ſaith hee,
“Shir, ten thouſand y ges them for to bee.”
And galiot haith chargit hyme to tak
[768] Als fell folk, and for the feld hyme mak.
And ſo he doith and haith them wel Arayt;