That sawe Huberte, a worthy man, Howe Briere was I-slayn̄, Ferumbras to qwite than̄ 520 To him he rode ful even̄. With a spere vppone his shelde þan̄ Stifly ganne he strike; The shelde he brake I-myddis the feelde; 524 His Hawberke wolde not breke. Many goode strokes were delte. Ferumbras was a-greved tho, He smote with mayne and mygħte 528 and the worthy Hubert. The nekke asonder, the ventayle also, That dede he sate vprighte. There was bataile harde and stronge; Many a steede wente ther a-straye, 532 And leyen at the grounde I-stonge, That resyn never aftyr that day, IX thousand of the payens pride 9000 pagans were That day were slayn̄, 536 killed, And viij thousande of the Romaynes side, and 8000 Romans. That in the feelde dede lay«n»e. Lukafere, þat paynym proude, Lukafer destroyed Slough Romaynes eyȝtene, 540 eighteen Romans, Of wer[rh] moche sorowe he coude, he also slew Gyndard, His strokes were over alle sene. a senator of Rome, Gyndarde, a Senatoure of Rome, who had slain ten Had slayne Sarsenys ten̄, 544 [leaf 14] Saracens. Tille he met with the cursed gome, Lukifere slough him than. Tho come the Pope with grete aray, Then came the Pope His baner to-fore him wente. 548 with a great guard Ferumbras than gan̄ to assaye, and his banner before If he myght that praye entente, him. Supposynge in this though[t]e, Ferumbras, supposing Ther was the souerayne; 552 him to be the He spared him therfore rigħt nogħt, sovereign, [p017 FERUMBRAS ENCOUNTERS THE POPE.]