& ruȝe knokled knarreȝ, with knorned stoneȝ;
Þe skweȝ of þe scowtes skayued1 hym þoȝt.
Þenne he houed, & wyth-hylde his hors at þat tyde,
& ofte chaunged his cher, þe chapel to seche;
He seȝ non suche in no syde, & selly hym þoȝt,
Sone a lyttel on a launde, a lawe as hit we[re];
A balȝ berȝ, bi a bonke, þe brymme by-syde,
Bi a forȝ of a flode, þat ferked þare;
Þe borne blubred þer-inne, as hit boyled hade.
Þe knyȝt kacheȝ his caple, & com to þe lawe,