And now nar ȝe not fer fro þat note place

Þat ȝe han spied and spuryed so specially after. 25

Bot I schal say yow for soþe, syþen I yow knowe,

And ȝe ar a lede vpon lyue þat I wel louy,

Wolde ȝe worch bi my wytte, ȝe worþed þe better.

Þe place þat ȝe prece to ful perelous is halden.

Þer woneȝ a wyȝe in þat waste, þe worst vpon erþe, 30

For he is stiffe and sturne, and to strike louies,

And more he is þen any mon vpon myddelerde,

And his body bigger þen þe best fowre