as a spy, And he was nat sclowh,
But to þe hulle hym drowh
Þat Closed was wyþ wat_er_ stronge,
Þe hulle a-Mydde gret & longe; 368
He went ouer to þe hulle syde,
And þere a fonde a wo_m_man_e_ byde
Þat sorwedd & wept Mornynge

[Arthur's Fight with the Giant.]

For Eleynes deþ & dep_ar_tynge, 372
And bad Bedewer to fle also
Last he were ded more to;
"For yf þe Gyant fynde þe,
W_y_t_h_oute dowte he wyll_e_ þe scle." 376
Bedwer wyþ all_e_ hastynge
Tolde Artho_ur_ all_e_ þis þynge.
Amorwe whan þat hyt was day
and then (with Arthour toke þyder hys way, 380
Bedwere and Key) Bedewer wyþ hym went, & keye,--
starts on his Men þat cowþe well_e_ þe weye,-- [Fol. 45.]
adventure. And broute Artho_ur_ Meyntenau_n_t,
Euen byfore þe Gyant. 384
Arthour fowȝt wyþ þat wyght;
He had almost ylost hys Myght:
Wyþ Muche peyne, þruȝ goddez grace
He kills the He sclowh þe Geant in þat place, 388
Giant, And þan he made Bedewere
To smyte of hys heed þere.
To þe Ost he dude hyt brynge,