We dowteþ last he wel do soo,
For he ys Myghty ynow þer-too."
Now, erst þan we goo ferþer,
Every man þat ys here 292
Sey a Pater noster
And ave wyþ gode chere; Ame_n_.

Pater noster

Ave Maria.

Now stureth hym self Artho_ur_ [Fol. 44_b_.]
Þenkyng on hys labo_ur_, 296
Arthur prepares And gaderyþ to hym strenghth aboute,
for his Hys kynges & Erles on a rowte--
expedition A fayr syȝt to Mannes ye
to Rome. to see suche a cheualrye,-- 300

[The Number of Arthur's Host.]

Has five kings, The kyng of Gotland,
Also þe kyng of Irland,
the kyng of ysland | & of Orkenye,
Þis was worthy Maynye; 304
The kyng of Denmark also was þer_e_,
Þis was a worthy chere:
Eche of þese vyve at her venyw
Brouȝt zyx þousand at har retenyw; 308
with 30,000men, xxx{ti} þowsand, yc_h_ vnderstand,
Þes vyf kyng_is_ hadde on honde.