Than thai without, in gret aray, Pressit thair sow toward the wall; And thai within weill soyne gert call 70 The engynour that takyne was, And gret manans till him mais, And swoir that he suld de, bot he Provit on the sow sic sutelté That he t_o_frusch_yt_ hir ilke deill. 75 And he, that has persauit weill That the dede wes neir hym till, Bot gif he mycht fulfill thar will, Thoucht that he all his mycht vald do: Bendit in gret hy than wes scho, 80 And till the sow wes soyn evin set. In hye he gert draw the cleket, And smertly swappit out the stane, That evyn out our the sow is gane, And behynd hir a litill we 85 It fell, and than thai cryit hye That war in hir: 'Furth to the wall, For dreid<les> it is ouris all.' The engynour than deliuerly Gert bend the gyne in full gret hy, 90 And the stane smertly swappit out. It flaw <out> quhedirand with a rout, And fell richt evin befor the sow. Thair hertis than begouth till grow, Bot ȝeit than with thair mychtis all 95 Thai pressit the sow toward the wall, And has hir set thar_to_ iuntly. The gynour than gert bend in hy The gyne, and swappit out the stane, That evin toward the lift is gane, 100 And with gret wecht syne duschit doune Richt by the wall, in a randoune, That hyt the sow in sic maner That it that wes the mast summer, And starkast for till stynt a strak, 105 In swndir with that dusche he brak. The men ran out in full gret hy, And on the wallis thai can cry That 'thair sow ferryit wes thair!' Iohne Crab, that had his geir all ȝar, 110 In his faggatis has set the fyre, And our the wall syne can thame wyre, And brynt the sow till brandis bair. With all this fast assalȝeand war The folk without, with felloune ficht; 115 And thai within with mekill mycht Defendit manfully thar stede Intill gret auentur of dede. The schipmen with gret apparale Com with thair schippes till assale, 120 With top-castellis warnist weill, And wicht men armyt intill steill; Thair batis vp apon thair mastis Drawyn weill hye and festnyt fast is, And pressit with that gret atour 125 Toward the wall. Bot the gynour Hit in ane hespyne with a stane, And the men that war tharin gane Sum dede, _sum_ dosnyt, <come doun> vyndland. Fra thine furth durst nane tak vpon hand 130 With schippes pres thame to the vall. But the laiff war assalȝeand all On ilk a syde sa egyrly, That certis it wes gret ferly