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ike,
[F] Runnen forth in a rabel, in his ry3t fare;
1704 & he fyske3 hem by-fore, ? ay founden hym sone,
[G] & quen ? ay seghe hym with sy3t, ? ay sued hym fast,
Wre3ande h[ym] ful [w]eterly with a wroth noyse;
[H] & he trantes & tornayee3 ? ur3 mony tene greue;
1708 Hamloune3, & herkene3, bi hegge3 ful ofte;
[I] At ? e last bi a littel dich he lepe3 ouer a spenne, [Fol. 114. ]
Stele3 out ful stilly bi a strothe rande,
[J] Went haf wylt of ? e wode, with wyle3 fro ? e houndes,
1712 ? enne wat3 he went, er he wyst, to[5] a wale tryster,
[K] ? er ? re ? ro at a ? rich ?
rat hym at ones,
al graye;
[L] He blenched a3ayn bilyue,
1716 & stifly start onstray,
With alle ? e wo on lyue,
[M] To ? e wod he went away.

[Sidenote A: After mass, a morsel he take with his men. ]
[Sidenote B: Then were all on their horses before the hall-gates. ]
[Sidenote C: It was a clear frosty morning. ]
[Sidenote D: The hunters, dispersed by a wood's side,]
[Sidenote E: come upon the track of a fox,]
[Sidenote F: which is followed up by the hounds. ]
[Sidenote G: They soon get sight of the game,]
[Sidenote H: and pursue him through many a rough grove. ]
[Sidenote I: The fox at last leaps over a spinny,]
[Sidenote J: and by a rugged path seeks to get clear from the hounds. ]
[Sidenote K: He comes upon one of the hunting stations, where he is
attacked by the dogs. ]
[Sidenote L: However, he slips them,]
[Sidenote M: and makes again for the wood. ]
[Footnote 1: MS. nnorsel. ]
[Footnote 2: bi-forere, in MS. ]
[Footnote 3: caste3 (? ).