40 hu he cumeð ut of elde.
Siðen hise limes arn unwelde.
Siðen his bec is alto wrong.
Siðen his | fligt is al unstrong.
⁊ his egen dimme.
45 Hereð wu he neweð him.
A welle he sekeð ðat springeð ai.
boðe bi nigt ⁊ bi dai.
ðer ouer he flegeð ⁊ up he teð.
til ðat he ðe heuene seð.