Nou wolleþ come þe oþer; and wreken hire broþer.
Al for bearne þi lond; and slean þine leo | de.
167 And þus seggeþ þine men; stille bi twine heom.
Ac ich þe wolle reade; of mochele þine neode.
þat þou biȝete cnihtes; þat gode beon to fihte.
And bi tak me one castel; þat ich mai on wonie.
175 For ich ham for þe i veiþed; þat ich wene beo dead.
þare ware ich euere vare; nam ich neuere boute care.
Bote ihc ligge faste; bi clused in on castle.
Ȝef þou þis woldes don; Mi wif solde come sone.