And [th]an he made Bedewere
To smyte of hys heed [th]ere.
To [th]e Ost he dude hyt brynge,
And [th]_er_on was gret wou_n_drynge, 392
whose horrible Hyt was so oryble & so greet,
head is shown to More [th]an any Horse heed.
the host, Than hadde hoel Ioye ynowh
For [th]at Arthour so hym sclowh; 396
And for a p_er_petuel Memorie
and St. Mary's He Made a chapell_e_ of seynt Marye
Chapel is built In [th]e hulle vpon [th]e pleyne,
in honour of the Wy[th]-Inne [th]at (:) [th]e t_um_be* of Eleyne; 400
victory. And [th]at name wy[th]oute nay [* to_m_be]
Hyt bere[th] [gh]ut in-to [th]is day.
Now ys an ende of [th]is [th]ynge,
News of Lucius's And Artour ha[th] nyw tydynge,-- 404
approach is Lucy [th]e Emp_er_our wy[th] hys host
brought, Come[th] fast in gret bost;
[Th]ey hely[th] ouer all_e_ [th]e lond,

[Arthur's Men-- Pray to God.]

with an army of Fowre hundred [th]owsand 408
400,124 men. An hunderd and foure & twenty,
Thus herawdes dude ham rekeny;
Thus he hadde gadered to hym
Of cristien and of Sarasyn, 412
Wy[th] all_e_ hys wytt & labour
To destroyen Arthour.
Arthour dude wyselye,
And hadde euer gode aspye 416
Of lucyes gouernynge
And of hys [th]yder comynge;
Some advise But so_m_me seyde hyt wer_e_ folye
Arthur to To fyght a[gh]enst Emp_er_o_ur_ lucie, 420
turn and flee, For he hadde sepe[5] euer_e_ a[gh]enst oon,
& cou_n_ceyled Artho_ur_ to fle & goon.
Wy[th] [th]e Emp_er_o_ur_ come kynges Many oon,
And all_e_ [th]eire power hooll_e_ & soom; 424
Stronger men My[gh]t no man see,
As full_e_ of drede as [th]ey myght be;
But Arthour was not dysmayd,
but he trusts He tryst on god, & was wel payd, 428
in God, And prayd [th]e hye trynyte
Euer hys help forto be;
And all_e_ hys Me