& carfully is out-kast to contré vnknawen, Fer i{n}-to a fyr fryth þere frekes neu{er} comen. 1680 [Sidenote: He believes himself to be a bull or an ox.] His hert heldet vnhole, he hoped non oþ{er} Bot a best þat he be, a bol oþ{er} an oxe. [Sidenote: Goes “on all fours,” like a cow, for seven summers.] He fares forth on alle faure, fogge watȝ his mete, & ete ay as a horce when erbes were fallen, 1684 Þus he cou{n}tes hy{m} a kow, þat watȝ a ky{n}g ryche, Quyle seuen syþeȝ were ou{er}-seyed som{er}es I trawe. [Sidenote: His thighs grew thick.] By þat, mony þik thyȝe þryȝt vmbe his lyre, Þat alle watȝ dubbed & dyȝt i{n} þe dew of heuen; 1688 [Sidenote: His hair became matted and thick, from the shoulders to the toes.] Faxe fylt{er}ed, & felt flosed hy{m} vmbe, Þat schad fro his schulderes to his schyre wykes, & twenty-folde twyna{n}de hit to his tos raȝt Þer mony clyuy as clyde hit clyȝt to-geder. 1692 [Sidenote: His beard touched the earth.] His berde I-brad alle his brest to þe bare vrþe, [Sidenote: [Fol. 80b.]] [Sidenote: His brows were like briars.] His browes bresed as breres aboute his brode chekes; [Sidenote: His eyes were hollow, and grey as the kite’s.] Holȝe were his yȝen & vnder campe hores, & al watȝ gray as þe glede, w{i}t{h} ful gry{m}me clawres 1696 Þat were croked & kene as þe kyte paune;[86] [Sidenote: Eagle-hued he was.] Erne-hwed he watȝ & al ou{er}-brawden, Til he wyst ful wel who wroȝt alle myȝtes, & cowþe vche kyndam tokerue & keu{er} when hy{m} lyked; 1700 [Sidenote: At last he recovered his “wit,” and believed in God.] Þe{n}ne he wayned hy{m} his wyt þat hade wo soffered, Þat he com to knawlach & ke{n}ned hy{m} seluen, Þe{n}ne he laued[87] þat lorde & leued i{n} trawþe, Hit watȝ non oþ{er} þen he þat hade al i{n} honde. 1704 [Sidenote: Then soon was he restored to his seat.] Þe{n}ne sone watȝ he sende agayn, his sete restored; His barou{n}es boȝed hy{m} to, blyþe of his come, Haȝerly i{n} his aune hwe his heued watȝ cou{er}ed, & so ȝeply watȝ ȝarked & ȝolden his state. 1708 [Sidenote: But thou, Belshazzar, hast disregarded these signs, and hast blasphemed the Lord, defiled his vessels, filling them with wine for thy wenches, and praising thy lifeless gods.] Bot þ{o}u baltaȝar his barne & his bolde ayre, Seȝ þese sy{n}gnes w{i}t{h} syȝt & set hem at lyttel, Bot ay hatȝ hofen þy hert agaynes þe hyȝe dryȝt[y]n, W{i}t{h} bobau{n}ce & w{i}t{h} blasfamye bost at hy{m} kest, 1712 & now his vessayles avyled i{n} vanyté vnclene, Þat i{n} his hows hy{m} to hono{ur} were heue{n}ed of fyrst; Bifore þe barou{n}ȝ hatȝ hom broȝt, & byrled þ{er}i{n}ne Wale wyne to þy wenches i{n} waryed stou{n}des; 1716