And ſaith to hir, “qwheyar if yone bee

[1188] Our preſoner, my consell Is we see.”

who takes a torch, and they go to the stable,

With that the maden In hir hand hath ton

O torche, and to the ſtabille ar thei gon;

and find his steed wounded.

And fond his ſted lying at the ground,

[1192] Wich wery was, ywet with mony wounde.

The maden ſaith, “vpone this horß is ſen,

He in the place quhar strokis was hath beñ;