80,000 Normans Than hadde he out of Normandye,
and Of Angeoy & of Almanye, 312
Boloyne(.) Peytow & flau_n_dres
Fowre skore þowsand harneys--
12,000 from Geryn of Chartez .xij. þowsand
Chartres, þat went wyþ Arto_ur_ euer at honde; 316
10,000 Bretons. Hoel of bretayn, þowsandez ten
Of hardy & well_e_ fyghtyng Men;
Out of Bretaygne hys owne land
and 40,000 He passed fourty þowsand 320
British: Of Archerys & off Arblastere
Þ_a_t Cowþ well_e_ þe craft of werre.
¶ In Foot other Many a Man Moo
Able to feyght(:) as well_e_ as þo: 324
in all 200,000. Two hunderd þousand
Went wyþ hym out of lond,
And Many moo sykerly
That y can[4] not nombrye. [4. ? MS. y-tan.] 328
Artho_ur_ toke þan þe lond
Britain is left To Moddredes owne hond;
in Mordred's He kept al oþer þyng
charge. Saue þo Corowne weryng; 332
But he was [fals] of hys kepynge,
As ȝe schall_e_ hure here folewynge.
Arthur ships Now than_ne_ ys Arto_ur_ y-Come
at Southampton, And hys Ost to Sowthamptone: 336

[The Giant that Ravished Fair Elayne.]

Ther was Many a Man of Myghte