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,