[A] Til þe kny3t com hym-self, kachande his blonk,
Sy3 hym byde at þe bay, his burne3 bysyde,
[B] He ly3tes luflych[1] adoun, leue3 his corsour,
1584 Brayde3 out a bry3t bront, & bigly forth stryde3,
Founde3 fast þur3 þe forth, þer þe felle byde3,
[C] Þe wylde wat3 war of þe wy3e with weppen in honde,
Hef hy3ly þe here, so hetterly he fnast,
1588 Þat fele ferde for þe freke3,[2] lest felle hym þe worre;
[D] Þe swyn sette3 hym out on þe segge euen,
Þat þe burne & þe bor were boþe vpon hepe3,
In þe wy3t-est of þe water, þe worre hade þat oþer;
1592 [E] For þe mon merkke3 hym wel, as þay mette fyrst,
Set sadly þe scharp in þe slot euen,
[F] Hit hym vp to þe hult, þat þe hert schyndered,
& he 3arrande hym 3elde, & 3edoun[3] þe water,
1596 ful tyt;
A hundreth hounde3 hym hent, [Fol. 112b.]
[G] Þat bremely con hym bite,
Burne3 him bro3t to bent,
1600 & dogge3 to dethe endite.
[Sidenote A: The knight, seeing the boar at bay,]
[Sidenote B: alights from his horse,]
[Sidenote C: and seeks to attack him with his sword.]
[Sidenote D: The "swine sets out" upon the man,]
[Sidenote E: who, aiming well,]
[Sidenote F: wounds him in the pit of the stomach.]
[Sidenote G: The boar is soon bitten to death by a hundred hounds.]
[Footnote 1: MS. luslych.]
[Footnote 2: freke (?).]
[Footnote 3: 3ede doun (?).]