• The Auchinleck Manuscript

And wynges bitere wiȝ to bete;, As a lyoun he hadde fet,, And his tail was long an[d] gret., þe smoke com of his nose awai, Ase fer out of a chimenai., þe knyȝt and squiers he had torent,, Man

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

dede more qued:, Edulf, er he wer dede,, Of Jnglond he rered a lok, Of ich hous þat come out smoke,, To Rome ȝif a peni, ywis., þat Rome Peni cleped is., Edulf in þat maner, Liued at Rome seuen

• The Auchinleck Manuscript

day, þe persone in þine armes lay,, On þi dore þi lord gan knoke, & þou stirtest vp in þi smoke, Wel neiȝe wode for dred & howe,, Vp þou schotest a windowe, & þe persone þou out lete, &