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