Alle þe burneȝ so bolde, þat hym by stoden,

To nye hym on-ferum, bot neȝe hym non durst

for woþe;

He hade hurt so mony byforne,

Þat al þuȝt4 þenne ful loþe,

Be more wyth his tuscheȝ torne,

Þat breme watȝ [&] brayn-wod bothe.

1 til (?). 2 madee, in MS. 3 fomed (?). 4 þoȝt (?).

XVIII.

The knight, seeing the boar at bay,