Torrent seyd: ‘So mvt I the,
Kepe hole hys hed!
Yf yt be broke, so god me sped,
Yt ys wyll̴ the worse to lede.’
They dyd ase he hem bede, [1055]
Mo than thre hunderd on a throng
Yt ys solas Euyr) a-mong
Whan that he was dede.
1047. That alle MS.
1054. lede] Rede, struck out and lede added in paler ink.