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,