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XXIII.

[A] After messe a morsel[1] he & his men token,
Miry wat3 ? e mornyng, his mounture he askes;
1692 [B] Alle ? e ha? eles ? at on horse schulde helden hym after,
Were boun busked on hor blonkke3, bi-fore[2] ? e halle 3ate3;
[C] Ferly fayre wat3 ? e folde, for ? e forst clenged,
In rede rudede vpon rak rises ? e sunne,
1696 [D] & ful clere coste3[3] ? e clowdes of ? e welkyn.
Hunteres vnhardeled bi a holt syde,
Rocheres roungen bi rys, for rurde of her hornes;
[E] Summe fel in ? e fute, ? er ? e fox bade,
1700 Trayle3 ofte a trayteres[4], bi traunt of her wyles;
A kenet kryes ? erof, ? e hunt on hym calles,
His fela3es fallen hym to, ? at fnasted ful ? 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 ?