And hardement is thing ſhall moſt awaill
Frome deth ther men of armys in bataill,
Lat now your manhed and your hie curage
[804] The pryd of al thir multitude aſſuage;
Deth or defence, non other thing we wot.”
Maleginis and all his host come over the plain, and Gawane sends a company against them.
This freſch king, that maleginis was hot,
With al his oſt he cummyne our the plañ,
[808] And gawan ſend o batell hyme agañ;
[18] Or “berde.”