[1068] The king his ſpere apone the knycht hath set,
That al in peciß flaw in to the felde;
The red knight, though shieldless, overthrows his foe.
His hawbrek helpit, ſuppos he had no ſcheld.
And he the king in to the ſcheld haith ton,
[1072] That horß and man boith to the erd ar gon.
The shrew restores his shield.
Than to the knycht he cummyth, that haith tan
His ſheld, to hyme deliuerith It ayane,
Beſiching hyme that of his Ignorance,