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& at ye last quartr smyte a large sprynge wt a lusty stop a fore & then a chace foyne.

The play with the 2-hand sword in verse

man þ^t wol to þ^e tohond swerd lern boþ^e close & cler/
he most have a goede eye boþ^e fer & ner//
& an in stop • & an owte stop • & an hauke q^ūrter ∪
A cantel • a doblet . an half for hys fer//
Too rowndys • & an halfe w^t a goode chere
This ys þ^e ferste cownter of þ^e toohond swerd sere//
Bynde hē to gedere & say god spede ✔
two q˜rters & a rownde a stap þ^u hŷ bede//
a rake w^t a spryng þer þ^u hŷ a by de ~
ffalle ī w^t an hauke & stride noʒte to wyde/
Smyte a rēny̆g q^ūrter owte for hys syde
Fal a pon hys harneys yf he wole a byde
com in w^t a rake in eu^ey a syde
An hole rownde & an halfe • Wath so ht be tyde
• iiij • q^ūrters & a rownd • & auēturs stroke wyth
Ber^e up hys harnes & gete þ^u þe gryth
dobyl vp lyʒthy & do as y seye
ffal in wt an hauke & ber^e a goede eye
A spryng & a rownde & stap ī wyth
spar noʒth ā hauke yf he lye in þy kyth
smyte a rēny̆g q^ūrter sor^e owte of þy honde
A byde a pon a pēdent & lese not þy londe
Smyte ī þe lyfte foete & cleue ryʒt doune
Geder oute of þy ryʒte hond & smyte ā hauke rounde//
ffresly smyte þy strokis by dene ~
and hold wel þy lond þath hyt may be sene