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,