Till I have kevered[[588]] my might.”
The king a great oath sware,
As soon as he whole were,
That he would dub him knight.
In a nunnery they him leaved,
To heal the wound in his heved,[[589]]
That he took in that fight.
The nuns of him were full fain,
For he had the soudan slain,
And many heathen hounds;