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c(iual) Prunnam d(ottur) sijna. uilldi Tnan(ciual) eigi
fyrr gera brullaup sitt enn wid u§ri allir hans felagar.
Satu þeir þar nu wm kyrt. Sem xij manudir uoru 3
lidnir Reid hann heim ij sin kastala med miklu
fiolmenne. lykr þar fra honum ath s(egia) ath sinne.
13. (Þ)Ar hefzt hinn .uj. athburdr er Apriual 6
skilzt seinazt uith Ector. enn er þeir uoru .ij. saman
ij Riodrinnu þaa hugsade Ector og uissi ath meistarar
hófdu s(agt) ath austr u§ri höfdingi allra meginn §tta. 9
þuij uilldi hann ij alfu þai stefna ath leita ser fr§gdar.
Nu forstod Apriual ath suo sem nordrijt þionar
austrinu var hann og suo Ector aa hendr folgin 12
stefnnanndi ij þaa meginn§tt og skilduzth med
miklum kgrleik. Apriu(al) Reid nu um þröngvar gótur
og þyckva skoga og kom fram ij eitt hierad og sír 15
þar einna borg sterka og war þaa, d(agur) lidinn. Reid
harm þai til þorps eins og tok ser nattstad. Red þar
fyrir burgeis einn og bad hann þar vel kominn. enn 18
Ap(riual) spurdi frodliga huer þar atti ath Rada þuij
i33ra heradi e(dur) huat þar b§ri nytt til fretta. | bonndi
s(egir) honum blidliga ath þar fyrir ried einn hertugi 21
er Egeas h(et) “og er þar nu tijdinnda efni”. Apri(ual)
spurdi hvernin þuij vgri hattath. bondi s(egir) honum
will not celebrate his wedding until all his comrades are
present, and after the agreed twelve months have passed
he returns with a large following to Ector’s castle.
13. When the sixth and last of the knights, Aprival, is
about to part from Ector in the clearing, Ector chooses to
ride himself towards the east, as “the Masters” have said
that the east is the chief of all the points of the compass.
Aprival chooses to ride towards the north, for just as the
north serves east, so he himself is in Ector’s service.
He rides hy narrow paths and through thick forests, and
in the evening reaches a strong city; he takes lodging in a
village close by. His host tells him that a duke called
Egeas rules in the district; a great army, under the com-