thourh the toun ryde.
Thenne seide ys scwyer a word anon ryht,
“Sire, we beth dede, ne helpeth hit no wyht,”—
(Thomas de Boys the scwyer wes to nome)—
“Nou ychot oure wajour turneth us to grome,
so y-bate.”
Y do ou to wyte,
Here heved wes of smyte
byfore the Tour gate.
This wes on oure Levedy even, for sothe ych understonde,