Gret rurd in þat forest.
II.
Roused by the clamour the deer rush to the heights,
At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde;
Der drof in þe dale, doted for drede,
Hiȝed to þe hyȝe, bot heterly þay were
Restayed with þe stablye, þat stoutly ascryed;
Þay let þe hertteȝ haf þe gate, with þe hyȝe hedes,
Þe breme bukkeȝ also, with hor brode paumeȝ;
For þe fre lorde hade de-fende in fermysoun tyme,