As he sprent ouer a spenné, to spye þe schrewe,

Þer as he herd þe howndes, þat hasted hym swyþe,

Renaud com richchande þurȝ a roȝe greue,

& alle þe rabel in a res, ryȝt at his heleȝ.

Þe wyȝe watȝ war of þe wylde, & warly abides,

& braydeȝ out þe bryȝt bronde, & at þe best casteȝ;

& he schunt for þe scharp, & schulde haf arered,

A rach rapes hym to, ryȝt er he myȝt,

& ryȝt bifore þe hors fete þay fel on hym alle,

& woried me þis wyly wyth a wroth noyse.