And siþen in an eld cloth wnden

Grim gags the child.

A keuel of clutes, ful, un-wraste,

Þat he [ne] mouthe speke, ne fnaste,

Hwere he wolde him bere or lede.

Hwan he hauede don þat dede,

Hwan[30] þe swike him hauede hethede,[31]

Þat he shulde him forth [lede]

And him drinchen in þe se;

Þat forwarde makeden he.