And when that gawan of his horß vas toñ,

The blud out of his noiß & mouth is goñ,

And largly ſo paſſith euery wounde,

Sir Gawane swoons,

[2716] In ſwonyng thore he fell one to the ground:

Than of the puple petee was to here

The lemytable clamour, and the chere;

so that the king despairs of his “niece’s” life, and laments over him.

And of the king the ſorow and the care,

[2720] That of his necis lyf was in diſſpare.