Earl Gunter and Earl Reyner of Chester support him.
“Ye! lef, ye!”[121] couth þe erl gunter;
“Ya!” quoth þe erl of cestre, reyner.
And so dide alle þat þer stode,
And stirte forth so he were wode.
Þo mouthe men se þe brinies brihte
On backes keste, and late rithe,
Þe helmes heye on heued sette;
To armes al so swiþe plette,
Þat þei wore on a litel stunde