[Sidenote: The false king Calamond is drownd, and Torrent is made King of Portugal,]
The shipp-men~ brought s{ir} Colomond And sent hym fforth within~ a stound As ffar as it were. 2145 Wott ye well and vnderstond, He come never ayen to lond, Such stormes ffound he there.
Gret lordys of renown~ Be-toke s{ir} Torent the crown~ 2150 To reioyse it there. [2251]
Loo, lordys of euery lond: Falshode wyll haue a foule end, And wyll haue euermore.
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[Sidenote: but he gives the land up to the Queen, and resolves to go to the Holy-Land.]
Sir Torent dwellid thare 2155 Fourty days in moche care, Season~ for to hold; Sith he takith two knyght{es}, To kepe his lond and his right{es}, That doughty were and bold. 2160 'Madam~,' he said to the quene, [2261]
'Here than shall ye lady bene, To worth as ye wold.'
He purveyd hym~ anon~, To wend ouer the see fome, 2165 There G.o.d was bought and sold.
[Linenote: 2161. _He said madam_ MS.]
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[Sidenote: His arms are 3 silver ships on an azure field. For love of Desonell, Torrent leaves Portugal.]
And ye now will liston~ a stound, How he toke armes of kyng Calomond, f. 111b.
Listonyth, what he bare.
O{n} asure, as ye may see, 2170 With sylu{er} shippes thre, [2271]
Who so had be thare.
For Desonell is love so bryght, His londis he takyth to a knyght, And sith he is {boun} to fare. 2175 'Portyngale, haue good day For Sevyn~ yere, p{ar}maffay, P{ar} aventure som~ dele m{a}re!'
[Linenotes: 2170. This line begins with a big initial letter.
_Off_ MS.
2175. _boun_] _home_ MS.
2178. _more_ MS.]
[Headnote: TORRENT TAKES THE CITY OF QUARELL.]
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[Sidenote: He besieges the City of Quarell for 2 years, and then takes it.]
Sir Torent pa.s.sid the Grekys flood In to a lond both riche and good, 2180 Full evyn~ he toke the way [2281]
To the {cite} of Quarell, As the boke of Rome doth tell, There a soudan~ lay.
There he smote and set adown~ 2185 And yaue asaute in to the town, That w{i}ll the storye say.
So well they vetelid were, That he lay there two yere, Sith in~ the town~ went they. 2190
[Linenotes: 2182. _cite_] _see_ MS.
2187. _well_ MS.
_says_ MS.
2190. _And sith in to_ MS.]
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[Sidenote: He has its inhabitants kild, and shares its booty among his men.]
And tho s{ir} Torent ffound on~ lyve, [2291]
He comaundid with spere and knyffe Smertely dede to be; He said: 'We haue be here Moche of this two yere 2195 And onward on~ the thr{e}.'
All the good, that s{ir} Torent wan~, He p{ar}tid it among his m{a}n~, Syluer, gold and ffee; And sith he is boun to ride f. 112a. 2200 To a Cite there be-syde, [2301]
That was worth such thre.
[Linenotes: 2196. _thrid_ MS.
2198. _men_ MS.]
[Headnote: TORRENT TAKES ANOTHER CITY, AND GOES TO ANTIOCH.]
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[Sidenote: Torrent then besieges another heathen City for 6 years. All its folk die of hunger.]
There he stode and smote adown~ And leyd sege to the town~, Six yere there he lay. 2205 By the VI yere were all done, With honger they were all slone, That in the Cite lay.
{The} Soudan sent to s{ir} Torent than~, With honger that thes people be slan, 2210 All the folke of this Cite; [2311]
'Yf ye thinke here to lye, Ye shall haue wyne and spycery, I-nough is in this contre.'
[Linenotes: 2209. _The_] _A_ MS.
2209-14 put before 2203-8 MS.
2210. _slayn_ MS.
2211. _thes_ MS.]
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[Sidenote: Torrent kills the Sultan,]
Now G.o.d do his soule mede! 2215 On the soudan~ he had a dede Vppon~ euery good ffryday.
I{es}u sent hym strengith I-nough~, With dynt of sword he hym slough~, There went none quyk away. 2220 Down knelid that knyght [2321]
And thankid G.o.d with all his my?t~: So ought he well to say.
The Cite, that s{ir} Torent was yn~, Worldely goodis he left ther yn~, 2225 To kepe it nyght and day.
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[Sidenote: goes to Antioch, and fights every good Friday.]
Sith he buskyd hym~ to ride In to a lond there be-syde, f. 112b.
Antioche it hight.
Sevyn~ yere at the Cite he lay 2230 And had batell euery good ffryday, [2331]
Vppon~ the Sar?ins bryght; And be the VII yere were gone, The child, that the liberd had tane, Found hym his fill off ffyght . . . . . . 2235
[Linenote: 2230-32 put before 2227-29 MS.]
[Headnote: TORRENT'S SON LEOBERTUS FIGHTS AGAINST HIM.]
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[Sidenote: The King of Jerusalem sends 50,000 knights,]