Such a fole vpon folde, ne freke þat hym rydes,
Wat3 neuer sene in þat sale wyth sy3t er þat tyme,
with y3e;
He loked as layt so ly3t,
So sayd al þat hym sy3e,
Hit semed as no mon my3t,
Vnder his dyntte3 dry3e.
1 as as, in MS.
X.
The knight carried neither spear nor shield,