And upon a holytide a:
John Dory brought him an ambling nag,
To Paris for to ride a.
And when John Dory to Paris was come,
A little before the gate a;
John Dory was fitted, the porter was witted,
To let him in thereat a.
The first man that John Dory did meet,
Was good King John of France a;
John Dory could well of his courtesie,