& made myry al day til þe mone rysed,
with game;
With3 neuer freke fayrer fonge,
Bitwene two so dyngne dame,
Þe alder & þe ȝonge,
Much solace set þay same.
1 fere (?). 2 fo, in MS. 3 Was (?) Nas (?).
VIII.
Meanwhile the lord of the land and his men hunt in woods and heaths.
And ay þe lorde of þe londe is lent on his gamneȝ,