XVIII.

[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 (?).]