“Ya, sire, that i ne[89] lepe oth.
Yif y, louerd, a word leye,
To-morwen do me hengen heye.”
The rest confirm Bernard’s story.
Þe burgeys þat þer-bi stode þore,
Grundlike and grete oþes swore,
Litle and mikle, yunge and holde,
Þat was soth, þat bernard tolde.
Soth was, þat he wolden him bynde,
And trusse al þat he mithen fynde