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;