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drott(ning) þaa aa sijna menn og bad mig hondmn taka.
hlupu þaa margir til og uopnnuduzt. enn frendr
3 mijnir badu mig uth ganga suo ath einngi þeirra hlyti
uandr§di af mier. *i«:id eg þat ut af borginne snudug-
liga. enn er dEott(ning) uar þess uor. valdi hun xxx
6 Riddara af sijnu lidi suo kongr skylldi eigi verda uar
uith og bad þsa flyta ferd sinne og lezt þeim þath uel
launa mundu. vopnazt þeir nu snart og Ridu eptir
9 mier. var eg kominn skamt ea skoginn fra borginne og
er eg saa þeirra ferd ste eg af essinnu og fysti mig eigi
at Renna at oreyndu fyrir þeim hugsandi ath dn(ottn-
12 ing) skal þat eiga ath fretta ath þeir fai skapnnadar
erinndi aa minn fund þuijat aunguir vissu til nema
frendr hennar og vinnir. enn þegar ver mpttuzt tokzt
15 þar hinn hardazta sokn. vard eg þeim skeinuhgttur.
kemr ath þij sem m(ælt) er at segir huer af ser hit
slettazta. lauk suo þeirn fundi at eg drap af þeim
18 halfann þridia tug. enn fim flydu si skoginn. var eg
þaa modur enn eckj sar. villda eg þaa eigi fara til
fundar uid iarlinn þuijat mier þotti mijn fór h§dilig
21 ordin. hafda eg spurn af þeim riddara er agigtaztur er
kalladr aa austrlondum. sa het Ector son Karnocius
4 Reid] from 584, 25r, 589 d, 39v, St 7, 45vb, Ried MS. eg]
written twice MS.
14 mættunzt 589 d, 39v.
him, but with the help of his relations he manages to
escape to the forest near the city; here, however, he is
overtaken by thirty knights which the queen, unknown
to her husband, has sent after him. He takes up battle
with them and kills twenty-five of them, while the five
others take to their heels. He then decides not to return to
his foster-father the earl, but instead to seek out a man
whom he has heard described as the most excellent man
in the east, namely Ector, the son of King Karnotius of