The first night, about midnight,
Þe firste nith he lay þer-inne,
Hise wif, and his serganz þrinne,
Aboute þe middel of þe nith
Ubbe wakes and sees a great light.
Wok ubbe, and saw a mikel lith
In þe bour þat hauelok lay,
Also brith so it were day.
Ubbe says he must go and see what it means.
“Deus!” quoth ubbe, “hwat may þis be?