He com æn enne ende; In enne fæire uelde.
he hafde ane hude; bi ȝite to his neode.
o ane wilde bule; þe wes wunder ane strong.
He hæfden ænne wisne mon; þe wel cuðe a craften.
215 þe nom þas hude; ⁊ a bord leide.
and whætte his særes; alse he schæren wolde.
Of þere hude he kærf enne þwong; swiðe smal ⁊ swiðe long.
Nes þe þwong noht swiðe bræd; buten swulc a twines þræd.
þa al islit wes þe þong; He wes wunder ane long.
220 a buten he bilæde; muche del of londe.