& I schal stonde hym a strok, stif on þis flet,

Elleȝ þou wyl diȝt me þe dom to dele hym an oþer,

barlay;

& ȝet gif hym respite,

A twelmonyth & a day;—

Now hyȝe, & let se tite

Dar any her-inne oȝt say."

1 MS. fo.

XIV.

Fear kept all silent.