A red þei taken hem bi-twene,
þat he sholde him bi-halue,
And brisen so, þat wit no salue
Ne sholde him helen leche non:
Þey drowen ut swerdes, ful god won,
and rush at him like dogs at a bear.
And shoten on him, so don on bere
Dogges, þat wolden him to-tere,
Þanne men doth þe bere beyte:
Þe laddes were kaske and teyte,