[†] Bidde must mean offer, rather than bid (as in the [Glossary]); unless it be miswritten for bide = tarry.
[76] Uncertain in MS. See [note].
[77] MS. ymen.
A GANG OF THIEVES BESET BERNARD’S HOUSE.
At suppertime sixty-one thieves come to the house,
Also he seten, and sholde soupe,
So comes a ladde in a ioupe,
And with him sixti oþer stronge,
With swerdes drawen, and kniues longe,
Ilkan in hande a ful god gleiue,