¶ Hic pugnant .xxx. dies absque respectu.
Some were smyten of by the knes, [folio 138b]
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Some thorow-out bothe thies,
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Some lay dede, & som cast doun,
And some lay wounded and brostoun;
Some In his body bar a tronchoun,
As it were put In with a ponchoun.
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The while thei myghten endure,
Thei threw doun men—I telle ȝow sure,—
Thei smyten hors and helmes barst,
The while the brethe wold hem last.
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MIchel sorwe hem was a-mong;
Sicurly hit were to long
Me to telle, and ȝow to here,
How thei ffauȝt echon In-fere,
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I may not al the dedis devyse;
Ther wolde no boke it al suffise
Alle here dedis for to holde,
Iff thai schulde alle be y-tolde,
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And I schulde alle here dedis say,
How thei fauȝt to-geder euery day.
The bible ne no Missale,
The legende ne no Iornale,
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The Grael ne the Tropere,
Schold not holde here dedis plenere.
¶ For .xxx.ti dayes with-outen pes
Thei fauȝt to-gedur with-outen ses,
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Al was sprad bothe diche and bank
With dede bodies that lay & stank.
Men redes In gestes of douȝti men,
How thei fouȝten to-geder dayes ten,—
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Euery day with-outen rest,—
To se whiche of hem were best;
Men tellen of Ywayn and Wade
In gestes that of hem ben made,
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