ÆLLA, EGWINA, SERVYTOURE, COERNYKE.
ÆLLA.
Thee I ordeyne the warde; so alle maie telle. 1200
I have botte lyttel tym to dragge thys lyfe;
Mie lethal tale, alyche a lethalle belle,
Dynne yn the eares of her I wyschd mie wyfe!
Botte, ah! shee maie be fayre.
EGWINA.
Yatte shee moste bee.
ÆLLA.
Ah! saie notte foe; yatte worde woulde Ælla dobblie flee. 1205
ÆLLA, EGWINA, SERVYTOURE, COERNYKE, BIRTHA, HURRA.
ÆLLA.
Ah! Birtha here!