& lenged þere selly longe, to loke quen he wakened.

Þe lede lay lurked a ful longe quyle,

Compast in his concience to quat þat cace myȝt

Mene oþer amount, to meruayle hym þoȝt;

Bot ȝet he sayde in hym-self, "more semly hit were

To aspye wyth my spelle [in] space quat ho wolde."

þen he wakenede, & wroth, & to hir warde torned,

& vn-louked his yȝe-lyddeȝ, & let as hym wondered,

& sayned hym, as bi his saȝe þe sauer to worthe,

with hande;