But for to leue yn cherche [for] to daunce,
Y shal ȝow telle a ful grete chaunce,
And y trow þe most þat fel
[Ys] soþe as y ȝow telle;
And fyl þys chaunce yn þys londe, 25
Yn Ingland, as y vndyrstonde,
Yn a kynges tyme þat hyght Edward
Fyl þys chau<n>ce þat was so hard.
Hyt was vppon a Crystemesse nyȝt
Þat twelue folys a karolle dyȝt, 30