Liȝteȝ doun luflyly, & at a lynde tacheȝ
Þe rayne, & his riche, with a roȝe braunche;
Þen[n]e he boȝeȝ to þe berȝe, aboute hit he walke,
D[e]batande with hym-self, quat hit be myȝt.
Hit hade a hole on þe ende, & on ayþer syde,
& ouer-growen with gresse in glodes ay where,
& al watȝ holȝ in-with, nobot an olde caue,
Or a creuisse of an olde cragge, he couþe hit noȝt deme
with spelle,
"We,2 lorde," quod þe gentyle knyȝt,