'For soþe,' quod þat oþer freke, 'so felly þou spekeȝ,
I wyl no lenger on lyte lette þin ernde 235
riȝt nowe.'
Þenne tas [he] hym stryþe to stryke,
And frounses boþe lyppe and browe.
No meruayle þaȝ hym myslyke
Þat hoped of no rescowe. 240
He lyftes lyȝtly his lome, and let hit doun fayre,
With þe barbe of þe bitte bi þe bare nek,
Þaȝ he homered heterly, hurt hym no more,