So dos þe child þat moder þarnes.

[82] MS. þre, the r being caught from the word above. Cf. l. 1903.

[83] Qu. here. MS. he.

ALL THE SIXTY THIEVES ARE SLAIN.

Daþeit wo[84] recke! for he it seruede,

Hwat dide he þore weren he werewed;

So longe haueden he but and bet

With neues under hernes set,

All sixty assailants are slain.

Þat of þo sixti men and on