ATHELWOLD IS ABOUT TO DIE.
His name was Athelwold.
¶ Þe king was hoten aþelwold,
Of word, of wepne he was bold;
In engeland was neure knicth,
Þat betere hel þe lond to ricth.
He had but a young daughter to succeed him.
Of his bodi ne hauede he eyr
Bute a mayden swiþe fayr,
Þat was so yung þat sho ne couþe