⁊ bad þat he come þer to; ⁊ he scolde beon fæire under fon.
⁊ þe king him ȝette; swa hengest hit wolde.
Hit com to þan time; þ̵ þe king gon forð liðe.
Mið þan deoreste monnen; of alle his duȝeðe.
forð he gon buȝen; | þ̵ he to burh com.
246 he bi heold þene wal; up and dun ouer al.
al him wel likede; þ̵ he on lokede.
He wende in to halle; ⁊ his heleðes mid him alle.
Bemen heo bleowen; gomen men gunnen cleopien.
250 Bord heo hetten breden; cnihtes setten þer to.