There wyld beestis were; [1845]
The see was eb, and went her ffroo,
And lefte her and her children) two
Alone with-oute ffere.
Her one child woke and be-gan) to wepe,
The lady a-woke oute of her slepe [1850]
And said: ‘Be still̴, my dere, [1951]
Iesu Cryst hath sent vs lond;
Yf there be any cryston man) nere hond,
We shall̴ haue som socoure here.’