Make ȝou þan a parlement,
And chese ȝou a newe king.
Now doþ ȝour best wiþ al mi þing.'
Þo was þer wepeing in þe halle,
And grete cri among hem alle; 220
Vnneþe miȝt old or ȝong
For wepeing speke a word wiþ tong.
Þai kneled adoun al yfere,
And praid him, ȝif his wille were,
Þat he no schuld nouȝt fram hem go. 225