+D+o we þe Nihtegale seyde. Ah hwo schal vnk{er} speche rede. 425 ⁊ telle to{}vore vnker dome. +D+o we þe niȝtegale seide. ah wa schal unker speche rede. 425 An telle to{}uore unker deme. þar of ic schal þe wel iqueme Queþ þe vle. for al ende of orde. | Telle ic con. word after worde. [f. 241v² ⁊ if þe þinkþ þat ic mis{}rempe. 430 þu stond ayeyn and do me crempe. Mid þisse worde forþ hi ferden. Al bute here and bute verde. To portes ham. þer hi bicome. Ah hw heo spedde of heore dome. 435 Ne can ic eu namore telle. her nys namore of þisse spelle. Explicit. [Linenote: 435. _hw heo sp_ on an erasure.] ++Þar{}of ich schal þe wel icweme. Cwaþ þe houle for al ende of orde. Telle ich con word after worde. An ȝef þe þincþ þ̵ ich mis{}rempe. 430 þu stond aȝei{n} ⁊ do me crempe. Mid þisse worde forþ hi ferden. Al bute here and bute uerde. To portes{}ham þ̵ heo bi{}come. Ah hu heo spedde of heore dome. 435 Ne can ich eu namore telle. Her nis na more of þis spelle. [Linenotes: 431. _dome_ MS. || 436. _chan_ MS.] XXI. THE BESTIARY [[MS description from Notes volume: “Arundel 292, British Museum: on vellum, 200 × 130 mm.: late thirteenth century.... The Bestiary is written continuously, but the initials of the lines and, in the long metres, of the half lines are mostly rubricated.... Latin headings are in red, some are on the margin, the others at the head of their sections. As will be seen from the footnotes, the manuscript was much corrected or altered over erasures, and that after it was finished, for the substituted words do not always fill the gaps left by the scraper. The first leaves of the exemplar were probably damaged at the lower margin, since defective or difficult passages occur at regular intervals, so l. 32, ll. 89-92, 120, 121, 143, 144, 173, 200, 201.”]] [[Line indentations, including those of ll. 504-515, are as printed.]] +Na{tur}a leo{n}is i^a.+ ++Ðe leun stant on hille . ⁊ he man hunten here. [f. 4r Oðer ðurg his nese smel . Smake ðat he negge. Bi wilc weie so he wile . To dele niðer wenden. Alle hise fet steppes . After him he filleð. 5 Drageð dust wið his stert . ðer he [dun] steppeð. Oðer dust oðer deu . ðat he ne cunne is finden. driueð dun to his den . ðar he him bergen wille. +ij^a.+ ++An oðer kinde he haueð . wanne he is ikindled. 10 Stille lið ðe leun . ne stireð he nout of slepe. Til ðe sunne haueð sinen . ðries him abuten. ðanne reiseð his faðer him . mit te rem ðat he makeð. +iij^a.+