The blak knycht ȝhit howyns on his ſted,
Of al thar doing takith he no hed,
Bot ay, apone the beſynes of thocht,
[2824] In beholding his ey departit nocht.
THE QUEEN BEHOLDS THE BLACK KNIGHT.
The lady beholds him and knows him; but yet inquires who he is,
To quhom the lady of melyhalt beheld,
And knew hyme by his armour & his ſcheld,
Qwhat that he was; and thus ſche ſaid one hycht:
[2828] “Who is he ȝone? who may he be, ȝhone knycht,