XXIV.
Then was it fine sport to listen to the hounds,
Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list to lyþen þe hounde3,
When alle þe mute hade hym met, menged to-geder,
Suche a sor3e at þat sy3t þay sette on his hede,
As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes;
Here he wat3 halawed, when haþele3 hym metten,
Loude he wat3 3ayned, with 3arande speche;
Þer he wat3 þreted, & ofte þef called,
& ay þe titleres at his tayl, þat tary he ne my3t;