Chefe counselour was carlesse,

Gronynge, grouchyng, gracelesse;

And to none entente

Our talwod is all brent,

Our fagottes are all spent, 80

We may blowe at the cole:

Our mare hath cast her fole,

And Mocke hath lost her sho;

What may she do therto?

An ende of an olde song,