'Stille þou be, Peter! Wel I þe icnowe;
Þou wolt fursake me þrien ar þe coc him crowe.'
H. THE BLACKSMITHS. British Museum MS. Arundel 292 (about 1425-50), f. 71 b.
Swarte smekyd smeþes smateryd wyth smoke
Dryue me to deth wyth den of here dyntes.
Swech noys on nyghtes ne herd men neuer:
What knauene cry and clateryng of knockes!
Þe cammede kongons cryen after 'col, col!' 5