“And when they came before the king,
They kneeled down on their knee,
And said, ‘Sir, your officers greet you well
From Carlisle in the north countree.’
“‘How fares my justice?’ said our king,
‘And my sheriff also?’
‘Sir, they be slain without leasing,
And many an officer mo’ (more).
“‘Who hath them slain?’ said then our king.
‘Anon that tell thou me.’