And gife you mete with right gode che.”
A rope to hem she lete dowgoo,She let down a rope,
That above was teyde faste.1648[leaf 41] and drew up
She and hir maydyns drewe þer vppo,both, and led them to
Tille vp thay hadde hem at the last.her apartments.
She led hem into here chambir dere,
That arrayed for hem was rigħt wele,1652
Both Roulande and Olyvere,
And gafe he there a right gode mele.There they ate,
And whan thay hadde ete alle her fille,
A batħ for hem was redy there,1656took a bath,
Ther-to thay went ful fayre and stille,
And aftyr to bedde with right gode che.and went to bed.
Now Floripas chamber is here prisone,
Withoute wetinge of the Sowdo;1660The Soudan knew
Thai were ful mery in that Dongeo,nothing of his
For of he wiste ma never oone.prisoners being in
Now lete we hem be and mery make,Floripas’ chamber.
Tille god sende hem gode delyueraunce.1664
Aftir the tyme, þat thay were take,
What did Charles, the kinge of Fraunce,
Ther-of wole we speke nowe,
Howe he cleped forth Sir Gy1668Meanwhile Charlemagne
And saide “on my message shaltowe,tells Guy that he
Therfore make the faste redy,must go to the
To bidde the Sowde sende me my Nevewes botħSoudan to demand the
And the Releqes also of Rome;1672surrender of Roland
Or I shal make him so wrotħ,and Oliver, and of
He sha not wete what to done.the relics of Rome.
And by þat god, þat hath me wroght,
I shal him leve Towre ner Tow.[1676]
This barga shal so dere be bought
In dispite of his god Mahou.”Naymes of Bavaria
Uke Neymes of Baue vp stert tharepresents that a
And saide “Sir, hastowe no mynde,1680messenger to the
How the cursed Sowda LabanSoudan should

[‹p049›] THE OTHERS REMONSTRATE, BUT MUST GO TOO.

Alle messengeris doth he shende?certainly be slain;
Ye haue lost inowe, lese no moand that they ought
Onworthily Olyue and Roulande.”1684to be anxious not to
“By god, and thou shalt with him go,lose any more besides
For al thy grete brode londe.”Rouland and Oliver.
Ho Ogere Danoys, þat worthy ma,[leaf 42] Then said
“Sir” he saide “be not wrotħ!1688the king, ‘By god,
For he saitħ soutħ.”—“go thotha!thou shalt go with
By Gode thou shalte, be tho never so loth.”Guy.’ Ogier the Dane
Sire” quod Bery Lardeneys,remonstrates, but is
“Tho shalte hem se never more.”—1692ordered to go too. So
“Go thou forth in this same rees,are Thierry of Ardane
Or it shalle the repente ful sore.”
Olk Baliante saide to the kinge,and Folk Baliant,
“Liste ye youre Barons to lese?”—1696
“Certis, this is a wondir thinge!
Go thou also, tho shalte not chese!”