That one was a lioness,
That Sir Bevis did great distress;
At the first beginning
To Bevis's hands she gan spring
And all to pieces rent him there,
Before Bevis might there-of beware.
That other lion, that Josian gan hold,
To fight with Bevis was full bold;
He ran to him with great randon
And with his pawe he rent adown
His armor almost to ground,
And in his thigh a well great wound.
Then was Bevis in heart grame,
For the lion had do him shame;
As he were wode, he gan to fight;
The lioness saw that sight
And raught to Bevis, without fail,
Both at once they gan him assail.
Then was Bevis, in strong tempests,
So strong and eager were these beasts,
That nigh they had him there quelled;
Unnethe he kept him with his shield.

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