And houndes also wiþ him berking;

Ac no best þai no nome,

No neuer he nist whider þai bicome.

And oþer while he miȝt him se

As a gret ost bi him te 290

Wele atourned ten hundred kniȝtes,

Ich y-armed to his riȝtes,

Of cuntenaunce stout and fers,

Wiþ mani desplaid baners,

And ich his swerd ydrawe hold, 295