And galiot Richt arly by the day,
[976] Ayane the feld he can his folk aray;
Galiot assembles 40,000 fresh men.
And fourty thouſand armyt men haith he,
That war not at the othir aſſemble,
Commandit to the batell for to gon;
[980] “And I my-ſelf,” quod he, “ſhal me diſpone
On to the feild aȝaine the thrid day;
Whar of this were we ſhal the end aſſay.”
Arthur also provides his men for the field.