"'Gif ye wol stonden[203] hardie wight—
Amiddės of the blackė night—
Righte in the churchė porch, pardie
Ye wol behold a companie
Approchen thee full dolourouse:
For sooth to sain from everich house
Be it in city or villàge
Wol come the Phantom and imàge
Of ilka[204] gent and ilka carle
Whom coldė Deathė hath in parle