Torrent of Portyngale Part 7

[Sidenote: After 6 days' ride he sees the Giant asleep.]

VI days Rydythe he By the cost of the feyer~ see, To seke the gyant kene.

By the cost as he Rode, f. 78a.

In a forest longe and brode 125 And symly wase to se{n}e, Hey sperrys ther he fonde And gret olyvys growonde Coverd in~ levys {grene}.

Sone wase he ware, ase y yow say, 130 Vppon a movnteyn~ ther he laye On slepe, ase I wene.

[Linenotes: 123. _seke_] _ches_, struck out, _seke_ written over with paler ink.

126. _see_ MS.

129. _grene_] _smale_ MS.]

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[Sidenote: He prays for Christ's help.]

Torrent, on kne knelyd he And be-sowght J{es}u so fre, That bowght hym w{i}t{h} hys blod: 135 'Lord, ase thow dyd {r}yght for Mar{y}, Let me nev{er} take velony And gef me of thy fode!

Sertt{es}, yf I hym slepyng~ slone, Manfull Ded were yt none 140 For my body, be the Rode.'

Tho Terrant blewe hys bugell bold, To loke that he a-wake wold, And sythe ner~ hyme Rode.

[Linenote: 136. _ryght_] _lyght_ written above the line with paler ink.

_mare_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT WAKES THE GIANT BEGONMESE.]

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[Sidenote: As Torrent can't wake the Giant with his bugle,]

So fast a-slepe he wase browght, 145 Hys h.o.r.n.ys blast a-woke hyme nowght, He swellyd ase dothe the see.

Torrent saw, he woll not wake, He Reynyd hys sted vnto a stake, Ase a jentyll man~ {so fre}. 150 So hy, he say, wase the movnteyne, Ther mygh{t} no horse wynd hym~ a-geyn~ But yf he nowyd wold be; f. 78b.

Thowe the wey neuyr~ so wykkyd w{a}re, On hys wey gan he fare, 155 In~ gret p{er}ayll went hee.

[Linenotes: 150. _so fre_] _in fere_ MS.

151. _say_] _sayd_ MS.

152. _mygh_ (!) MS.

154. _were_ MS.]

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[Sidenote: he stirs him up with his spear, and makes him wild.]

Torent went to that movnte{y}n~, He put hys spere hyme a-geyne, 'A-Ryse, fellow!' gan he saye; 'Who made the so bold here to dwell, 160 My lord{es} frethe thus to fell?

A-mend{es} the be-hovythe to pay.'

The gyant Rysythe, ase he had byn~ wod, And Redyly by hyme stode, Be-syd hyme on a lay, 165 And seyd: 'S{er}tes, yf I leve, Soche a wed I woll the geff, To meve the Euyr~ and ay.'

[Linenote: 157. _movnten_ MS.]

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[Sidenote: The fight begins.]

Thow the chyld were neuyr~ so y{i}nge, The fynd{es} spere sparrythe hyme no-thyng~ 170 I{n} the holtt{es} h{a}ree; Who had fare and nere byne, And neu{er} had of fytyng syn~, He myght a lernyd th{a}re.

The gyant, the fyrst stroke to hym he cast, 175 His good schyld all to-brast, In schevyr{es} spred wase {ya}re; Tho covd he no bett{ur} R{e}d, But stond styll, tyll one were ded; The gyant lefte hym th{a}r. 180

[Linenotes: 169. _yonge_ MS.

171. _In_] _Ihu_ (!) MS.

_h.o.r.ee_ MS.

173. _seyn_ MS.

174. _there_ MS.

175. _to hym_] written above the line.

177. _there_ MS.

178. _he no_] _not he_ MS.

_Ryd_ MS.

180. _ther_ MS.]

[Headnote: THE GIANT BURSTS HIMSELF ON A ROCK.]

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[Sidenote: Torrent grips the Giant; they both fall, and roll down the mountain.

The Giant bursts]

Torrent vndyr hys spryt he spre{n}t And a-bowght the body he hyme hente, f. 79a.

As far as he myght last.

'A! fellow, wylt thow so?'

And to the grownd gan they goo, 185 Of the movnteyn~ bothe downe they pas{t}.

Ase the boke of Rome tellys, They tornyd x.x.xII {ellys}, In armys walloyng fast.

Yt tellythe in~ the boke of Rome, 190 Euyr~ ase the gyant a-boue come, Hys gutt{es} owt of hys body {brast}.

[Linenotes: 181. _sprent_] _spred_ MS.

186. _they past_] _gan they pase_ MS.

188. _ellys_] _tymys_ MS.

192. _brast_] _Rane_ MS.]

[[spre{n}t _italicized as shown_]]

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[Sidenote: open against a big stone.]

At the fot of the movnteyn~ Ther lay a gret Ragyd ston~, s{er}teyn~, Yt nyhed ys schuldyr bon~ 195 And also hys Ryght syd, Ther to that gyant fell that tyd, Ase {I} herd in~ Rome . . .

[Linenotes: 197 put before 196. MS.

198. _I_] _he_ MS.]

[Headnote: TORRENT THANKS G.o.d FOR HIS VICTORY.]

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[Sidenote: Torrent stabs the Giant,]