Te probitas fecit nomen habere viri.

Te mutare decet sed solum nomina sexus,

Tu regina potens rexque trophea parans.

Iam nec Cæsareos tantum mirere triumphos,

Cæsare splendidior virgo virago, vale.

Translated by Abraham Fleming.

O puissant Elfled, ô thou maid

of men the dread and feare,

O puissant Elfled woorthie maid

the name of man to beare.