After messe a morsel1 he & his men token,
Miry wat3 þe mornyng, his mounture he askes;
Alle þe haþeles þat on horse schulde helden hym after,
Were boun busked on hor blonkke3, bi-fore2 þe halle 3ate3;
Ferly fayre wat3 þe folde, for þe forst clenged,
In rede rudede vpon rak rises þe sunne,
& ful clere coste33 þe clowdes of þe welkyn.
Hunteres vnhardeled bi a holt syde,
Rocheres roungen bi rys, for rurde of her hornes;
Summe fel in þe fute, þer þe fox bade,