In ward wary the watcher hearing come that man mildhearted eft rising with swire ywimpled to him her gate wide undid.  Lo, levin leaping lightens in eyeblink Ireland’s westward welkin.  Full she drad that God the Wreaker all mankind would fordo with water for his evil sins.  Christ’s rood made she on breastbone and him drew that he would rathe infare under her thatch.  That man her will wotting worthful went in Horne’s house.

Loth to irk in Horne’s hall hat holding the seeker stood.  On her stow he ere was living with dear wife and lovesome daughter that then over land and seafloor nine years had long outwandered.  Once her in townhithe meeting he to her bow had not doffed.  Her to forgive now he craved with good ground of her allowed that that of him swiftseen face, hers, so young then had looked.  Light swift her eyes kindled, bloom of blushes his word winning.

As her eyes then ongot his weeds swart therefor sorrow she feared.  Glad after she was that ere adread was.  Her he asked if O’Hare Doctor tidings sent from far coast and she with grameful sigh him answered that O’Hare Doctor in heaven was.  Sad was the man that word to hear that him so heavied in bowels ruthful.  All she there told him, ruing death for friend so young, algate sore unwilling God’s rightwiseness to withsay.  She said that he had a fair sweet death through God His goodness with masspriest to be shriven, holy housel and sick men’s oil to his limbs.  The man then right earnest asked the nun of which death the dead man was died and the nun answered him and said that he was died in Mona Island through bellycrab three year agone come Childermas and she prayed to God the Allruthful to have his dear soul in his undeathliness.  He heard her sad words, in held hat sad staring.  So stood they there both awhile in wanhope sorrowing one with other.

Therefore, everyman, look to that last end that is thy death and the dust that gripeth on every man that is born of woman for as he came naked forth from his mother’s womb so naked shall he wend him at the last for to go as he came.

The man that was come in to the house then spoke to the nursingwoman and he asked her how it fared with the woman that lay there in childbed.  The nursingwoman answered him and said that that woman was in throes now full three days and that it would be a hard birth unneth to bear but that now in a little it would be.  She said thereto that she had seen many births of women but never was none so hard as was that woman’s birth.  Then she set it all forth to him for because she knew the man that time was had lived nigh that house.  The man hearkened to her words for he felt with wonder women’s woe in the travail that they have of motherhood and he wondered to look on her face that was a fair face for any man to see but yet was she left after long years a handmaid.  Nine twelve bloodflows chiding her childless.