Manuscript C
FOLIO 40r IMAGE
COLUMN a
                3399 D e ma terre ∥ mautalant 
                3400 &P-til; ce &q-hbar; il ne la uo&s; rant
                3401 S e&s;t il me&s; filz me&s; ne &u-nine; chaille
                3402 S e il ne &u-nine; uaint an bataille
                3403 J ane &u-nine; porra &s;or m&o-hbar; poi&s;
                3404 D enui faire uaillant .j. pois
                3405 S ire fet il u&re-hbar; merci
                3406 M e&s; ie ga&s;t trop le tan&s; ici
                3407 &Q1-hbar; perdre ne ga&s;ter ne uuel
                3408 D e nule cho&s;e ne me duel
                3409 &N3; e ie nai plaie &q-vbar; me nui&s;e
                3410 M enez moi tant &q-hbar; ie le trui&s;e
                3411 C ar atex arme&s; &co-hbar; ie port
                3412 S ui prez cor androit me deport
                3413 A co&s; doner &et1; areprandre
                3414 A mi&s; mialz &u-nine; ualdroit atandre
                3415 O u .xv. iorz ou troi&s; &s;em&ai-hbar;nes
                3416 T ant &q-hbar; uoz plaie&s; fu&s;&s;ent &s;&ai-hbar;ne&s;
                3417 C ar boen&s; uo&s; &s;eroit li &s;eiorz
                3418 T ot aumoin&s; iu&s; &q-alpha; .xv. iorz
                3419 &Q1-hbar; ie por rien ne &s;o&s;ferroie
                3420 &N2; e e&s;garder ne le porroie
                3421 &Q1-alpha; tex arme&s; na tel conroj
                3422 V o&s; &co-hbar;bate&s;&s;iez deuant moj
                3423 &et1; cil re&s;pont &s;il uo&s; pleu&s;t
                3424 J a autre&s; arme&s; ni eu&s;t
                3425 &Q1-hbar; uolantier&s; ace&s; fei&s;&s;e
                3426 L a bataille. ne ne &q-hbar;i&s;&s;e
                3427 &Q1-vbar; l i eu&s;t ne pa&s; ne ore
                3428 R e&s;pit. ne terme ne demore
                3429 M e&s; por uo&s; ore tant feraj
                3430 &Q1-hbar; iu&s; &q-alpha; dem&ai-hbar; atendraj
                3431 &et1; ia mar anparleroit nu&s;
                3432 &Q1-hbar; ie ne la tandroie plu&s;
                3433 L or&s; a li roi&s; acreante
                3434 &Q1-vbar; l iert tot a&s;a uolante
                3435 P ui&s; le fet a o&s;tel mener
                3436 &et1; prie &et1; comande pener
                3437 D elui &s;eruir ce&s; &q-vbar; len m&ai-hbar;nent
                3438 &et1; il del tot an tot &s;an p&ai-hbar;nent
                3439 &et1; li roi&s; &q-vbar; la pe&s; quei&s;t
                3440 M l&apost;t uolantier&s; &s;e il poi&s;t
                3441 S an u&it-hbar; de rechief a&s;on fil
                3442 S i la parole come cil
COLUMN b
                3443 &Q1-vbar; uol&s;i&s;t la pe&s; &et1; la corde 
                3444 S i li dit biax filz car ta corde
                3445 A ce&s;t ch&apost;r. &s;anz conbatre
                3446 &N3; e&s;t pa&s; ca uenuz &p-til; e&s;batre
                3447 &N3; e &p-til; ber&s;er ne &p-til; chacier
                3448 E inz e&s;t uenuz &p-til; porchacieR
                3449 &et1; &s;on pri&s; croi&s;tre &et1; alo&s;eR
                3450 S eu&s;t me&s;tier derepo&s;eR
                3451 M l&apost;t grant &s;i con ie lai ueu
                3452 S e m&o-hbar; con&s;oil eu&s;t creu
                3453 D e ce&s;t moi&s; ne de lautre apre&s;
                3454 &N3; e fu&s;t de la bataille angres
                3455 D om il e&s;t ia ml&apost;t de&s;irranz
                3456 S e tu la reine li ranz
                3457 C rien&s; antu auoir de&s;enor
                3458 D e ce naie&s; tu ia peor
                3459 &Q1-vbar; l ne tan puet bla&s;me&s; uenir
                3460 E inz e&s;t pechiez del retenir
                3461 C ho&s;e ou an na rei&s;&o-hbar; ne droit
                3462 L a bataille tot or androit
                3463 E u&s;t feite ml&apost;t uolantiers
                3464 S i na il main&s; ne piez antiers
                3465 E inz le&s; a fanduz &et1; plaiez
                3466 D e folie uo&s; e&s;maiez
                3467 F et meleaganz a&s;on pere
                3468 J a par la foi &q-hbar; doi &s;a&it-hbar; pere
                3469 &N3; e uo&s; cre&s;rai de ce&s;t afeire
                3470 C erte&s; lan me deuroit detreire
                3471 A cheuax &s;e ie uo&s; creoie
                3472 S il &q-vbar;ert &s;anor &et1; ie la moie
                3473 S il &q-vbar;ert &s;on pri&s; &et1; ie le mien
                3474 &et1; &s;il uialt la bataille bien
                3475 A ncor la uoel ie plu&s; cent tanz
                3476 B &ie-hbar; uoi &q-alpha; la folie antanz
                3477 F et liroi&s; &s;i la troueras
                3478 D e ma&ai-hbar; ta force e&s;proueras
                3479 A u ch&apost;r. &q-alpha;nt tu le uiax
                3480 J a ne me uaigne p&l-nine; g&nz-alpha; diax
                3481 F et meleaganz de ce&s;tuj
                3482 M ialz uol&s;i&s;&s;e &q-hbar;le fu&s;t huj
                3483 A &s;&s;ez &q-hbar; ie ne faz demain
                3484 V eez or con ge man demain
                3485 P &l-nine; matemant &q-hbar; ge ne &s;uel
                3486 M l&apost;t man &s;ont or troble li oel
COLUMN c
                3487 &et1; ml&apost;t en ai la chiere mate 
                3488 J ame&s; tant &q-hbar; ge me &co-hbar;bate
                3589 &N3; aurai ioie ne b&ie-hbar; ne ei&s;e
                3490 &N3; e ma uendra rien &q-vbar; me plei&s;e
                3491 &LargeL-4; iroi&s; ot &q-alpha;n nule meniere
                3492 &N3; iualt rien &com;&s;auz ne proiere
                3493 S i la le&s;&s;ie tot maugre &s;uen
                3494 &et1; prant cheual ml&apost;t fort &et1; bien
                3495 &et1; bele&s; arme&s; &s;e&s; anuoie
                3496 C elui ancui b&ie-hbar; le&s; anploie
                3497 J luec fu un&s; hom ancien&s;
                3498 &Q1-vbar; ml&apost;t e&s;toit boen&s; cre&s;tiens
                3499 E l monde p&l-nine; leal nauoit
                3500 &et1; de plaie&s; garir &s;auoit
                3501 P lu&s; &q-hbar; tuit cil dem&o-hbar;pellier
                3502 C il fi&s;t la nuit au ch&apost;r.
                3503 T ant ce b&ie-hbar; &com;feire li&s;ot
                3504 C ar li roi&s; comande li ot
                3505 &et1; ia &s;auoient le&s; noueles
                3506 L i ch&apost;r. &et1; le&s; puceles
                3507 &et1; le&s; dame&s; &et1; li baron
                3508 D e tot le pai&s; anuiron
                3509 S i uindrent dune g&nt-alpha; iornee
                3510 T ot anuir&o-hbar; de la contree
                3511 &et1; li e&s;trange &et1; li priue
                3512 T uit cheualchoient abriue
                3513 T ote la nuit an iu&s; &q-alpha;u ior
                3514 D un&s; &et1; dautre&s; deuant la tor
                3515 O t &s;i g&nt-alpha; pre&s;&s;e aleniorner
                3516 &Q1; u&a-hbar; ni poi&s;t &s;&o-hbar; pie torner
                3517 &et1; liroi&s; par matin &s;e lieue
                3518 C ui de la bataille ml&apost;t grieue
                3519 S i ui&et-hbar; a&s;on fil derechief
                3520 &Q1-vbar; ia auoit le hiaume elchief
                3521 L acie &q-vbar; fu fez apeitiers
                3523 &N2; e ni puet e&s;tre lape&s; mise
                3524 S e la li roi&s; ml&apost;t b&ie-hbar; re&q-vbar;&s;e
                3525 M e&s; ne puet e&s;tre &q-vbar;l laface
                3526 D euant lator en mi la place
                3527 O u tote la genz &s;e fu treite
                3528 L a &s;era la bataille feite
                3529 &Q1-hbar; liroi&s; le uialt &et1; co&ma-hbar;de
                3530 L e ch&apost;r. e&s;trange mande.