Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

120 AV7. STEPHEN HA WES.;;;5 Whan I the scripture ones or t^\7es hadde redde,And knewe therof ali the hole effecte,I blewe the home without ony drede,And toke good herte all f [e]are to abjecte,IMakynge me redy, for I dyde suspecteThat the great gyaunte unto me v/olde hast,^\^an he had herde me blowe so loude a blast.6 I al}ght anone upon my gentyll stede,Aboute the well then I rode to and fro,And thought r^'ght well upon the joyfull medeThat I shoulde have after my payne and woAnd [on] my lady I dyd thynke also :Tyll at the last my varlet dyd me tell,'Takehede/ quod he, ' here is a fende of hell/7 ]My greyhoundes leped and my stede did sterte,INIyspere I toke, and did loke abouteWyth hardy courage I did arme my ^At last I saw a sturdy giaunt stoute.herteTwelve fote of length, to fere a great route,Thre hedes he had, and he armed ^ was,Both hedes and body, all about with bras.8 Upon his first head, in his helmet creest,There stode a fane of the silke so fyne,Where was wrytten, with letters of the best,*M}- name is Falshed ; I shall cause enclyneMy neyghbours goods for to make them myne :Ahvay I get theyr lande or substaunce.With subtyll fraude, deceyte, or variaunce.» Old text ' me.* 2 Old text ' amed.'