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no man of worship was loste of them / sauf that syr Gawayn
was sore hurte / Thenne the kynge dyd do ransake his woun//
des and comforted hym / And thus was the begynnynge of
the fyrst iourney of the brytons and Romayns / and ther we//
re slayne of the Romayns moo than ten thousand / and grete
ioye and myrthe was made that nyghte in the hoost of kynge
Arthur /
Milestone: Sir Launcelot leads prisoners to Paris
And on the morne he sente alle the prysoners in to parys vnder the garde of syre launcelot with many knyghtes &
of syr Cador
Div: How Lucius sente certeyn espyes in a busshement for to haue taken hys knyghtes beyng prysonners / and how they were letted
Milestone:
¶Capitulum vij
Milestone: Emperor Lucius plans ambush
NOw torne we to the Emperour of Rome whiche aspy
ed that these prysoners shold be sente to Parys / and
anone he sente to leye in a busshement certayne knyghtes and
prynces with syxty thousand men for to rescowe his knygh//
tes and lordes that were prysoners /
Milestone: Sir Lancelot sends three knights ahead
And so on the morne asLauncelot and syre Cador chyuetayns and gouernours of all
them that conueyed the prysoners as they sholde passe thurgh
a wode syr Laūcelot sente certayne knyghtes tespye yf ony we
re in the woodes to lette them / And whanne the said knyghtes
cam in to the wood / anone they aspyed and sawe the grete en
busshement /
Milestone: Three knights recount what they have seen
and retorned and told syr Laūcelot that ther layin a wayte for them thre score thousand Romayns / And then//
ne syr Launcelot with suche knyghtes as he hadde and men of
warre to the nombre of x M put them in araye and met wyth
them and foughte with them manly /
Milestone: Three knights attack the Romans and slay the King of Lybye and three great lords
and slewe and dreten//chid many of the Romayns / and slewe many knyghtes & ad//
myrals of the party of the Romayns and sarasyns / ther was
slayne the kynge of lylye and thre grete lordes Aladuke / he
rawde and heryngdale / but syr Launcelot fought soo nobly that
no man myght endure a stroke of his hande / but where he came
he shewed his prowesse and myght / for he slewe doune ryght
on euery syde /
Milestone: The Romans and Saracens flee
And the Romayns and sarasyns fledde fromhym as the sheep fro the wulf or fro the lyon / and putt them
alle that abode alyue to flyght / And so longe they fouȝte that
tydynges came to kynge Arthur / And anone he graythed hym
and came to the bataille / and sawe his knyghtes how they had
