“Madem, of [al] this larg warld is he

“He is the knight, madam, whom I most desire to see.”

The knycht the wich I most deſir to ſee

His ſtrenth, his manhed, his curag, and his mycht,

[2848] Or do in armys that longith to o knycht.”

THE ORDER OF BATTLE.

[B]y thus, arthur, with conſell well awyſit,

Arthur arranges his lines of battle.

Haith ordanit his batellis, and devyſit:

King Ydrus leads the first;