Þo Clarice com into þe tur, He axede aft{er} blau{n}cheflur. “Sire, ihc wende hire finde here; He was arise are ihc were. 604 Nis heo noȝt icume ȝete?” Q{ua}þ he, “heo duteþ me to lite.” Þo clarisse com in to þe tur, Þe amiral askede blanchefl[ur], {and} askede whi heo ne come, Also heo was woned to done. “Heo was arise are ich were, Ich wende hire habbe ifunde þere. What nis heo . . icome . . Wod heo . . . me to . . [Headnote: _The ‘Admiral’ finds the children in bed together._] [Sidenote: sends his chamberlain, who finds the two children in bed together.] Forþ he cleped his Chamburlayn~, And bade him wende w{i}t{h} his mayn~ [Sidenote: [109 _a_]] To wete why she wyl not com{e} 884 As she was wonyd to doon~. Þe Chamburlayn~ is forth noom~; In to Chambre he is coom~, He clupede to hi{m} his chau{m}berlayn, And het hi{m} go wiþ alle mayn, 608 For to wite whi heo ne come To his heste suthe sone. Forþ he wende sone anon To hire chau{m}bre þ{a}t he com. 612 . . . . . . . chaumberlen . . . . . . . his . . . . . . . . . . . . . So heo was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . And stondeþ byfore hur bedde, 888 And fyndeþ þere, nebbe to nebbe, Nebbe to nebbe, and mouþ to mouþ. To þe Amyral it was sone couþ; Vp in to þe Toure he steyȝ, 892 And told his lord al þ{a}t he seyȝ. In hire bedde he fond tuo, Wel faste iclupt, aslepe bo, Neb to neb {and} muþ to muþ; Sone were here soreȝ{er}en cuþ. 616 [T]o þe Admiral sone he teȝ [A]nd tolde him what he iseȝ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Sidenote: [_leaf 8, back_]] . . . . . a ȝe . . . . . . his louerd wat he i aȝheþ {and} ȝet he þouhte, are he hem quelle, Wat he were hui scholden telle. {and} seþþe he þoute he{m} to deþe don. [Sidenote: The Admiral then goes with drawn sword and finds the children.] Þe Amyral late him his swerd bryng{e}, For wete he wolde of~ þat tydyng{e}: [_No gap in MS._] He went to hem þ{er}e þey lay: 896 Ȝit was she a-slepe þ{er}e ay. [Þe] Admiral het his suerd bringe; [Iw]ite he wolde of þus þinge. 620 [Fo]rþ he wende wiþ al his mayn, [He] {and} his chaumberlayn. [In] þe bed heo fond tueie; [Ȝit] was þe slep in here eie. 624 Þe amirayl bed his swerd him bringe W[i]te he wolde of þisse tiþinge. Vorþ he wende mid al his mayn, Þat he com þer hei boþe leie. Þe ȝet was þe slep in here eȝe.