Whar arthuris folk ſuſtenit mekil payn,
And knychtly them defendit haith aȝaine.
and cannot endure against so many.
Bot endur thei mycht, apone no wyß,
[860] The multitude and ek the gret ſuppriß;
GAWANE’S VALIANT DEEDS.
But gawan, wich that ſetith al his payn
Vpone knyghthed, defendid ſo aȝaine,
That only in the manhede of this knyght
[864] His folk reIoſit them of his gret myght,