Felde he twenti to þe grund.

[78] Sic in MS.

[79] MS. ar; but see l. 1894.

[80] MS. vnto me datheit,—evidently the repetition of the first word in the succeeding line.

[81] Qu. Hauelok let the. MS. “haue le.”

THE THIEVES SHOOT AT HIM FROM A DISTANCE.

Þo bigan gret dine to rise,

For þe laddes on ilke wise

They throw stones at him.

Him asayleden wit grete dintes,