He charges all his folk to cease;
And al his folk chargit he to ſeß.
At his command thai levyng al the preß;
[Fol. 42 a.]
And quhen he had departit all the rout,
[3404] He ſaid, “ſir knycht, havith now no dout.”
Wich anſwerit, “I have no cauß to dred.”
and assures the black knight that he will himself warrant him from all harm.
“Ȝis,” quod he, “ſa euer god me ſped,
Bot apone fut quhill ȝe ar fechtand here,