[500] Shal failye ȝow, magre of ther will;
And thus we haue in to this matere founde.”
The king, quhois hart was al wyth dred ybownd,
And aſkit at the clerkis, if thei fynde
[504] By there clergy, that ſtant in ony kynde
The king asks if his destiny can be altered.
Of poſſibilitee, fore to reforme
His deſteny, that ſtud in ſuch a forme;
If in the hewyne Is preordynat
[508] On ſuch o wiß his honor to tranſlat.