Of feloni hi ne taketh hede,
Al thilk trepas is a-go.
Of thos a vorbisen ic herd telle;
The Lion is king of all beeste,
And—herknith al to mi spelle—
In his lond he did an heste.
The Lyon lete cri, as hit was do,
For he hird lome to telle;
And eke him was i-told also
That the wolf didde noȝte welle.