What dost thow here in my forest?’
‘Lord, to seke an hawkys nest,
Yff yt yowr wyl be.’
‘The be-hovythe to ley a wede.’ [615]
To an oke he hym led:
Gret Ruthe yt wase to se.
In IIII quarteres he hym drowe,
And euery quarter vppon a bowe;
Lord, soche weys toke hee! [620]
609. hem MS.