Þey a man him misdede ofte, 992 Neuere more he him misdede, [Sidenote: [Fol. 209b, col. 1.]] Ne hond on him with yuele leyde. [Sidenote: He is good-natured and pure.] Of bodi was he mayden clene, Neuere yete in game, ne in grene, 996 Þit[50] hire ne wolde leyke ne lye, No more þan it were a strie. In þat time al hengelond [Sidenote: Godrich summons a parliament at Lincoln.] Þerl Godrich hauede in his hond, 1000 And he gart kome{n} i{n}to þe tun Mani erl, and mani barun; And alle [men] þat liues were In eng[e]lond, þa{n}ne wer þere, 1004 Þat þey haueden after sent, To ben þer at þe parleme{n}t. [Sidenote: Some champions begin to contend in games.] With hem com mani cha{n}bioun, Mani with ladde, blac and brown; 1008 An fel it so, þat yunge men, Wel aboute{n} nine or ten, Bigu{n}ne{n} þe[r] for to layke: Þider kome{n} bothe stro{n}ge and wayke; 1012 Þider kome{n} lesse and more, Þat in þe borw þa{n}ne were{n} þore; [Sidenote: Strong lads and bondmen are there.] Chaunpiouns, and starke laddes, Bondeme{n} with here gaddes, 1016 Als he comen fro þe plow; Þere was sembling i-now! For it ne was non horse-knaue, Þo þei sholden in honde haue, 1020 Þat he ne kam þider, þe leyk to se: Biforn here fet þa{n}ne lay a tre, [Sidenote: They begin to “put the stone.”] And putte{n}[51] with a mikel ston Þe starke laddes, ful god won. 1024 [Headnote: HE “PUTS THE STONE” FURTHER THAN ANY.]