Roused by the clamour the deer rush to the heights,

At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde;

Der drof in þe dale, doted for drede,

Hi3ed to þe hy3e, bot heterly þay were

Restayed with þe stablye, þat stoutly ascryed;

Þay let þe hertte3 haf þe gate, with þe hy3e hedes,

Þe breme bukke3 also, with hor brode paume3;

For þe fre lorde hade de-fende in fermysoun tyme,

Þat þer schulde no mon mene1 to þe male dere.

Þe hinde3 were halden in, with hay & war,