In summer time, in the highest time (the hottest season) of the year.

Cp. 'in a hyȝ seysoun.'—Allit. Poems, p. 2, l. 39. [1228] hete gram, fierce heat. [1229] wexon ðrist. The sense requires us to read wex on ðrist, with fatigue and heat thirst waxed on them.

[1231]

Tid-like hem gan ðat water laken,

Soon did that water fail them.

P. 36. l. [1238]

Bi al-so fer so a boge mai ten,

By as far as a bow may reach.

[1239] sik and sor, sighing and sadness. [1241] dede hire reed, brought her help.

[1242]