Quhen Cresseid understude that it was he, Stiffer than steill thairstert ane bitter stound Throwout hir hart, and fell doun to the ground.
Out-stert the owl with 'Benedicite, What meneth al this mery fare?
And she for wonder took of it no keep; She herde nat what thing he to hir seyde; She ferde as she had stert out of a sleep, 1060 Til she out of hir masednesse abreyde.
This duk his courser with his spores smoot, And at a stert he was bitwix hem two, 1705 And pulled out a swerd and cryed, 'ho!
The knyght stert out of the dore, Awaye was all his care, And on he put his good clothynge, 175 The other he lefte there.
Robyn stert to that knyght, And cut a two his bonde,[L138] And toke hym in his hand a bowe, And bade hym by hym stonde.
Forth then stert Lytel Johan, 25 Half in tray and tene, And gyrde hym with a full good swerde, Under a mantel of grene.
A new dolfnes dissoluyt hys membris tyte; For verray dreid and for gret horrour als Vp stert hys hair, the voce stak in hys hals.
He stert to his greit gray meir, And of he tumblit the creilis.
Ane-uther stert upon his feit, And said “Thow art our blunt[819] To tak sic office upoun hand!
Then stert up Sir Tristram and took his horse lightly, and was wroth out of measure, and sore ashamed of that fall.
And therewith Balin stert unto him and took him by the hand.
Then Sir Bleoberis de Ganis stert aback, and said thus: Now, gentle good knight, a while hold your hands, and let us speak together.
And so they stert unto their uncle, and required him of his good grace to be of good comfort.
And then he bade his dwarf stert upon Sir Kay's horse, and so he did.
So on the third day he rode over a long bridge, and there stert upon him suddenly a passing foul churl, and he smote his horse on the nose that he turned about, and asked him why he rode over that bridge without his licence.
Wyllyam stert to an officer of the towne, Hys axe out hys hand he wronge, On eche syde he smote them downe, Hym thought he had taryed too long.
Forth then stert Lytel Johan, Half in tray and tene, And gyrde hym with a full good swerde, Under a mantel of grene.
The knyght stert out of the dore, Awaye was all his care, And on he put his good clothynge, The other he lefte there.
Robyn stert to that knyght, And cut a two his bonde, And toke hym in his hand a bowe, And bad hym by hym stonde.
He stert hym to a borde anone, Tyll a table rounde, And there he shoke oute of a bagge Even four hundred pound.
The twa, that saw sa suddanly Thair fallow fall, effrayit war, And stert a litill ouirmair.
The thrid, with full gret hy, with this Rycht till the bra-syd he yheid, And stert be-hynd hym on his sted.
William stert to an officer of the town, His axe out of his hand he wrong, On each-e side he smote them down, Him thought he tarried too long.
Robin stert to that knight, And cut atwo his band, And took him in his hand a bow, And bade him by him stand.
Forth then stert Little John, Half in tray and teen, And girded him with a full good sword, Under a mantle of green.
The knight stert out of the door, Away was all his care, And on he put his good cloth-ing, The other he left there.
He stert him to a board anon, To a table round, And there he shook out of a bag Even fo-ur hundred pound.
The butler was full uncurteys, There he stood on floor, He stert to the buttery, And shut fast the door.
Up they stert all in haste, Their bows were smartly bent, Our king was never so sore agast, He weened to have be shent.
And when the knight of the pavilion saw that, he stert backward within the pavilion.
Then he stert up and made a sign of the cross in the midst of his forehead, and took his harness, and made ready his horse, and mounted upon him; and at a broken wall he rode out, and rode so long till that he came to the sea.
When Alisander saw this he stert aback and waxed pale, and said: Fair mother, what may this mean?
A good man stert forth and said: Fair knight, here lieth a squire slain shamefully this night.
Then stert he down and took Lionel by the shoulders, and drew him strongly aback from Bors, and said: Lionel, will ye slay your brother, the worthiest knight of the world one?
Up stert the preacher, I think not past twenty years old, With a sounding voice and audacity bold, And began to revile at the holy sacrament and transubstantiation: I never heard one knave or other make such a declaration.
And to that Wulfhere agreed, for I knew he would rather be swinging his sword against the Danes at Stert than flying through the woods of the Quantocks.
How the tide hung around Stert Point, as though Severn and Parret warred for a while, before the mighty Severn ebb sucked Parret dry, and how the ebb at last came swift and sudden.
Sure enough there was a little watchfire and half a dozen men round it on the best outlook, and so I passed on still further, following round the spur of hill till I came to where the land overlooks the whole long tongue of Stert Point.
Aye, lady, and it is to Heregar that we owe our safety, for he has been down to Stert and warned us all.
So was a full end made of that host, for none but those few were left alive fromStert field, and Somerset and Dorset had taken their fill of vengeance.
For I have heard how you dared to go down to Stert and warn us all, and I saw you stay the flight, even now.
Then was there feasting, and songs of gleemen, and, better still, that song of Stert fight sung by Alfred the Atheling himself in full hall.
But he died as the tide went out on the day of Stert fight, and those who stood by him say that he had visions of all that befell there.
So across the level meadows of Stert I ran my best, right towards the place where I had seen the light, which was at the top, as it were, of the wedge that Stert makes between the waters of Parret and the greater Severn Sea.
Yet Stert fight won us six years of peace, and after that the Earl Ceorle and I led our levies and conquered at Wenbury.
Almost was I dozing, for the day had been very long, when from close to Stert came that which roused me completely, setting my heart beating.
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