& than I wyll and to aid him in his quest of Esclaramonde.wed his wyfe, of whom I am so amourous that I can not slepe nor take any rest' / ye same tyme that they thus made promyse & sware ye deth of Huon, There was amonge them a One of the Duke's servants had of old served Huon,varlet with duke Raoull who in his yougth had serued Huon of Burdeux / and[1] when he vnderstode[2] yf Huon came to the tournay, howe[3] he sholde be murderyd / as preuely as he coude / he and goes to Bordeaux to warn him of the plot against his life.departyd fro Vyene, & neuer restyd tyll[4] he came to the cite of Burdeux, where as he founde duke Huon in his palays with his lordes, who had been[5] aduertesyd that there shold be[6] a great tournay at Mayence in Almayne / and he Huon contemplates going to Mayence when the man arrives,deuysyd with his lordes[7] to go thether. The same tyme thether came [8]the varlet,[8] who[9] humbly salutyd duke Huon, who sayd to hym, 'frend, where hast thou ben so longe?' 'Syr,' quod the varlet, 'I come now from Viene in Austrych, and[10] duke Raoull who is lorde there[11] hathe cryed[12] a tournay in euery countre, and,[13] syr, and reveals the danger which threatens his old master.yf ye go thether ye shalbe slayne / for thys tournay is deuysyd for none other entent / for[14] by cause it is[15] well knowen that there can be no hye dedes of armes done in any place / but that ye wyll be[16] at it. and whan they haue slayne you ye duke Raoull wyll haue [17]the duches your wyfe in mariage; therfore, syr, for goddes sake aduyse you well that ye come not there, in as moch as ye loue your lyfe / for ye can not scape / there be a .xx. M men that hath sworne your deth;[18] yf ye enter in to the tornay ye can neuer scape the deth / and I haue herde duke Raoull swere that when he hath slayne you he wyll kepe all your londes.' When duke Huon hadde herd the verlet / he Huon swears to make Raoul own his treachery.sware by god and made[19] promyse that duke Raoull sholde derely by his fals treason. Then
