Hamlouneȝ, & herkeneȝ, bi heggeȝ ful ofte;
At þe last bi a littel dich he lepeȝ ouer a spenné,
Steleȝ out ful stilly bi a strothe rande,
Went haf wylt of þe wode, with wyleȝ fro þe houndes,
Þenne watȝ he went, er he wyst, to5 a wale tryster,
Þer þre þro at a þrich þrat hym at ones,
al graye;
He blenched aȝayn bilyue,
& stifly start onstray,
With alle þe wo on lyue,