Our[366] merchauntmen do saye,

Thei fynde it day by daye

To be a matter straunge,

When thei shulde make exchaunge

On the other side the sea,

Thei are dryven to theire plea;

For where oure pounde somtyme

Was better then theires by nyne,

Nowe ours, when yt comes[367] forthe,

No better then theires is worthe,