Syþen þrawen wyth a þwong a þwarle knot alofte,
Þer mony belleȝ ful bryȝt of brende golde rungen.
Such a fole vpon folde, ne freke þat hym rydes,
Watȝ neuer sene in þat sale wyth syȝt er þat tyme,
with yȝe;
He loked as layt so lyȝt,
So sayd al þat hym syȝe,
Hit semed as no mon myȝt,
Vnder his dyntteȝ dryȝe.
1 as as, in MS.