●Ordynges listen & hold you still  
Of doughty men tell I will  
That hath been in many a stoure  
And held up england his honour  
That before this time hath been  
By a knight it is that I mean  
Sir Bevis of hampton the knight height.  
That never was showed a coward in fight  
And by his father that height sir Guy  
A stalworth knight and a full hardy  
And how sir Guy betrayed was  
Through his wife alas alas  
〈…〉 renown  〈…〉 
In christendom and also in her 〈…〉  
Full well is known sir Guyes 〈…〉  
In all the land of crystente  
was none found so good as he  
while he was young and jolly  
would sir guy wed no wife  
But when he began to eld.  
waxed feeble and unwieldy  
And took his leave of chivalry  
And dwelled in england certainly  
In that time king Edga● anon  
Sent after sir Guy full soon  
And sir Guy was 〈…〉  〈…〉