© HPACRe eB Rev)
Flow Bruin the Bear sped with Reynard the Fox.

THE next morning away went Brucn the bear
in quest of the fox, armed against all plots of
deceit whatsoever. And as he came through a
dark forest, in which Reynard had a bypath,
which he used when he was hunted, he saw a
high mountain, over which he must pass to go
to Malepardus. For though Reynard have many
houses, yet Walepardus is his chiefest and most
ancient castle, and in it he lay both for defence
and ease. Now at last when Bruix was come
to Malepardus, he found the gates close shut,
at which after he had knocked, sitting on his
tail, he called aloud, ‘Sir Reynard, are you at
home? [am Lruzz your kinsman, whom the
King hath sent to summon you to the court, to
answer many foul accusations exhibited against
you, and hath taken a great vow, that if you
fail to appear to this summons, that your life