In myde the borde,[18] and feſtinit in the ſtell
The ſperithis poynt, that bitith ſcharp and well;
But they were all too few; wherefore Gawane sends a second company;
Bot al to few thei war, and mycht nocht leſt
[812] This gret Rout that cummyth one ſo faſt.
Than haith ſir gawan ſend, them to ſupport,
One othir batell with one knychtly sorte;
then a third; then a fourth; and then sets out himself, to resist the 10,000.
And ſyne the thrid, and ſyne the ferde alſo;
[816] And ſyne hyme-ſelf one to the feld can go,