For we but hyme no thing may eſchef,

And he but ws in honore well may lef;

For, be he loſt, we may no thing withſtond,

[2516] Our-ſelf, our honore we tyne, & ek our lond.

and proposes to his fellows to go to help the king.

Tharfor, I red we pas on to the king,

Suppos our oth It hurt in to ſum thing,

And in the feld with hyme for til endur,

[2520] Of lyf or deth and tak our aduentur.”

Thar-to thei ar conſentit euerilkon,