Riȝt as he come þe way he ȝede.

So long he haþ þe way ynome,

To [Winchester] he is ycome,

Þat was his owhen cité;

Ac no man knewe þat it was he. 480

No forþer þan þe tounes ende

For knoweleche <he> no durst wende,

Bot wiþ a begger y<n> bilt ful narwe,

Þer he tok his herbarwe,

To him and to his owhen wiif, 485