In rede rudede vpon rak rises þe sunne,
1696 [D] & ful clere coste3[3] þe clowdes of þe welkyn. 
Hunteres vnhardeled bi a holt syde,
Rocheres roungen bi rys, for rurde of her hornes;
[E] Summe fel in þe fute, þer þe fox bade,
1700 Trayle3 ofte a trayteres[4], bi traunt of her wyles;
A kenet kryes þerof, þe hunt on hym calles,
His fela3es fallen hym to, þat fnasted ful þike,
[F] Runnen forth in a rabel, in his ry3t fare;
1704 & he fyske3 hem by-fore, þay founden hym sone,
[G] & quen þay seghe hym with sy3t, þay sued hym fast,
Wre3ande h[ym] ful [w]eterly with a wroth noyse;
[H] & he trantes & tornayee3 þur3 mony tene greue;
1708 Hamloune3, & herkene3, bi hegge3 ful ofte;
[I] At þe last bi a littel dich he lepe3 ouer a spenne, [Fol. 114.]
Stele3 out ful stilly bi a strothe rande,
[J] Went haf wylt of þe wode, with wyle3 fro þe houndes,
1712 Þenne wat3 he went, er he wyst, to[5] a wale tryster,
[K] Þer þre þro at a þrich þrat hym at ones,
al graye;
[L] He blenched a3ayn bilyue,
1716 & stifly start onstray,
With alle þe wo on lyue,
[M] To þe wod he went away.

[Sidenote A:  After mass, a morsel he take with his men.] [Sidenote B:  Then were all on their horses before the hall-gates.] [Sidenote C:  It was a clear frosty morning.] [Sidenote D:  The hunters, dispersed by a wood’s side,] [Sidenote E:  come upon the track of a fox,] [Sidenote F:  which is followed up by the hounds.] [Sidenote G:  They soon get sight of the game,] [Sidenote H:  and pursue him through many a rough grove.] [Sidenote I:  The fox at last leaps over a spinny,] [Sidenote J:  and by a rugged path seeks to get clear from the hounds.] [Sidenote K:  He comes upon one of the hunting stations, where he is
  attacked by the dogs.]
[Sidenote L:  However, he slips them,] [Sidenote M:  and makes again for the wood.] [Footnote 1:  Ms. nnorsel.] [Footnote 2:  bi-forere, in Ms.] [Footnote 3:  caste3 (?).] [Footnote 4:  trayveres (?).] [Footnote 5:  to to, in Ms.]

XXIV.

[A] Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list to lyþen þe hounde3,
1720 When alle þe mute hade hym met, menged to-geder,
Suche a sor3e at þat sy3t þay sette on his hede,
As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes;
[B] Here he wat3 halawed, when haþele3 hym metten,
1724 Loude he wat3 3ayned, with 3arande speche;
[C] Þer he wat3 þreted, & ofte þef called,
& ay þe titleres at his tayl, þat tary he ne my3t;
Ofte he wat3 runnen at, when he out rayked,
1728 [D] & ofte reled in a3ayn, so reniarde wat3 wyle.
[E] & 3e he lad hem bi lag, mon, þe lorde & his meyny;
On þis maner bi þe mountes, quyle myd, ouer, vnder,
[F] Whyle þe hende kny3t at home holsumly slepe3,
1732 With-inne þe comly cortynes, on þe colde morne. 
Bot þe lady for luf let not to slepe,
Ne þe purpose to payre, þat py3t in hir hert,