Þe quyte snaw lay bisyde;

Þe burne þat rod hym by

Bede his mayster abide.

V.

"I have brought you hither,

"For I haf wonnen yow hider, wy3e, at þis tyme,

& now nar 3e not fer fro þat note place,

Þat 3e han spied & spuryed so specially after;

Bot I schal say yow for soþe, syþen I yow knowe,

& 3e ar a lede vpon lyue, þat I wel louy,