237. wexe bla] be gan to blowe MS.

240. sle MS.

244. whalle] with paler ink corrected from whyle.

245. syghyng] with paler ink corrected from syngyng.

TORRENT WANTS TO ENTER THE GIANT’S CASTLE.

[(24)]

‘Dere god,’ seyd Torrant than),

‘Yff ther be anny crystyn) man)

In thys hold of ston), [255]

That woll̴, for the love of god of myght,