[Linenote: 1008. _Let be thy b. a. t. erm._ MS.]
[Sidenote: says he’ll wring Torrent’s nose. His Crook is 13 ft. long.]
The gyant sayd: ‘Be the Roode, Deweƚƚ of heƚƚ send the fode, Hether to seche me: By the nose I schaƚƚ the wryng, Thow berdles gadlyng~, 1015 That aƚƚ heƚƚ schaƚƚ thow see!’ The wey than to hym he toke And on hys bake he bare a croke, Wase X fot long and thre; And thow he neu{ er} so gret w{ a}r~, 1020 Torrent thowght not fare to fare, Tyƚƚ wone of them ded bee. f. 93b.
[Linenotes: 1011. _sayd_] written above the line. 1017. _he_] so F. VI; om. MS. 1018. _he_] _her_ MS. _croke_] so F. VI; _creke_ (!) MS. 1020. _were_ MS.]
[Headnote: TORRENT SLAYS THE GIANT SLONGUS OF FLONTHUS.]
[Sidenote: Torrent charges, pierces the Giant’s eye,]
Thoo wold Torrent no lenger~ byd, Tyƚƚ the theff gan he Ryde, Ase fast ase euyr~ he may. 1025 The theff had non ey but on~, Soche sawe I neu{ er} none, { Ne}yther~ be nyght { nor} be day. Thurrow godd{ es} helpe and sent Awsden~ The spere { throw ye and herne gan ren}. 1030 God send hym the Ryght wey; Than the theff be-gane to Rore. Aƚƚ that in~ the sytte wore, Ouyr~ the wallys they laye.
[Linenotes: 1024. _the_] _f_ add. (!) MS. 1028. _Blyther_ (!) MS. _nor_] so F. VI; _and_ MS. 1030. _throw--ren_] _anon he toke to hym_ MS. 1033. _wore_] so F. VI; _were_ MS.]
[Sidenote: then spears him thro’ the body,]
Thow the fynd{ es} ey were owte, 1035 Fast he leyd hym a-bowte Aƚƚ þ{ a}t somyrr{ es} nyght; He set ys backe to an hyƚƚ, That Torrent schuld not come hym tyƚƚ, So meche þ{ a}t theff covd of fyght. 1040 He bled so sore, I vndyrstond, Hys croke feƚƚ owt of hys hond, Hys dethe to hyme ys dyght. Torrent to hyme Rane w{ i}t{ h} a spere, Thurrow the body he gan hym bere, 1045 Thus helpe hym god of myght.
[Sidenote: and kills him. Torrent preserves the Giant’s head.]
Aƚƚ that in~ the sytte were, Mad fuƚƚ nobiƚƚ chere, That thys fynd wase Dedde. Forthe they Ran w{ i}t{ h} stavys of tre, f. 94a. 1050 Torrent seyd: ‘So mvt I the, Kepe hole hys hed! Yf yt be broke, so god me sped, Yt ys wyƚƚ the worse to lede.’ They dyd ase { he} h{ e}m b{ e}d{ e}, 1055 Mo than thre hunderd on a throng Yt ys solas Euyr~ a-mong Whan that he was dede.
[Linenotes: 1047. _That alle_ MS. 1054. _lede_] _Rede_, struck out and _lede_ added in paler ink. 1055. _That seson they_ MS. _he hem_] _hyme_ (!) MS. _bede_] _bad_ MS. 1057 _put before_ 1056 MS.]