Fro fer he stoden, him with flintes
And gleyues schoten him fro ferne,
For drepen him he wolden yerne;
But dursten he newhen him no more,
Þanne he bor or leun wore.
HUGH AND THE REST COME TO THE RESCUE.
Hugh Raven hears the noise,
Huwe rauen þat dine herde,
And þowthe wel, þat men mis-ferde
With his louerd, for his wif,