Þenne tas he2 hym stryþe to stryke,

& frounses boþe lyppe & browe,

No meruayle þa3 hym myslyke,

Þat hoped of no rescowe.

1 ? ryne3 = touches. 2 he he, in MS.

XIV.

He let fall his loom on the bare

He lyftes ly3tly his lome, & let hit doun fayre,

With þe barbe of þe bitte bi þe bare nek

Þa3 he homered heterly, hurt hym no more,