Biforn þe teth a dint ful strong.
And robert kipt ut a knif long,
And smot him þoru þe rith arum:
Þer-of was ful litel harum.
GODARD’S MEN ARE BEATEN.
Hwan his folk þat sau and herde,
Hwou robert with here louerd ferde,
He haueden him wel ner browt of liue,
Ne weren his two breþren and oþre fiue
Slowen of here laddes ten,