Mid þisse worde forþ hi ferden.

Al bute here and bute verde.

To portes ham. þer hi bicome.

435 Ah hw heo spedde of heore dome.

Ne can ic eu namore telle.

her nys namore of þisse spelle.

Explicit.

[ THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE]

Cotton MS.

[Jesus College MS.] (above)
[Parallel texts]