Þo [Ms. Ðo, Ðo?] þenchiþ al in him, [folio 50b]
Wiþ weepin who wol win,
Hou gode he was to nede.
In batail stif to stond
Iwis is pere nas nond;
Alas, he sold be dede!
Al englis men þat beþ
Sore mow wep is deþ
Þat such a kniȝt ssold falle;
Þos kniȝtis euchone [everich one]
Of him mai make [Ms. k] mone
As peruink [Ms. puink] of ham alle.
Peruink [Ms. puink] he miȝt be,
And þat for þinges þre
He vssid oft and lome.
Þat was one of þe best:
He ne leet no þef hab [hav] rest,
In no stid þer he come.
An oþer þing al so:
To yrismen he was fo,
Þat wel wide whare.
Euer he rode aboute
Wiþ streinþ to hunt ham vte,
As hunter doþ þe hare.
For whan hi wend best
In wildernis hab [hav] rest,
Þat no man ssold ham see,
Þan he wold driue a quest
Anon to har nest,
In stid [Ms. I' stid] þer hi wold be.
Of slep he wold ham wake, [Ms. k]
For ferdnis hi [he] wold quake [Ms. k]
And fond to sculk awai.
For þe [þe im Ms. untergeschrieben] hire of har bedde [folio 51]
