[1044] And can them one that oyer sid aſſay.
The red knight still halting by the ford, a herald seizes his bridle, and bids him awake.
The red knycht ſtill in to his hewy thoght
Was hufyng ȝit apone the furd, and noght
Wiſt of hime ſelf; with that a harrold com,
[1048] And ſone the knycht he be the brydill nom,
Saying, “awalk! It is no tyme to ſlep;
Your worſchip more expedient vare to kep.”
No word he ſpak, ſo prikith hyme the ſmart
[1052] Of hevynes, that ſtood vnto his hart.