In to the hale he hyme browght,
Ryche met spare they nowght, [895]
Be-fore Torrent fore to bryng.
‘Syr,’ sayd the kyng, ‘I pray the,
Where be thy men off armys free,
That with the schuld leng?’
‘Syr, to a lord I mvst Ryde, [900]
My squyer hongythe be my syde,
No man schall̴ with me wend.’
892. knyges MS.