His subiettis and his puple he our-thrawis,

And them diſpolȝeith boith of lond and Rent;

[1880] So is the king, ſo is the puple ſchent.

For the voice of the oppressed shrieketh up ceaselessly to heaven;

For-quhi the woice It ſcrikth vp ful ewyne

With-out abaid, and paſſith to the hewyne,

Whar god hyme-ſelf reſauith ther the crye

[1884] Of the oppreſioune and the teranny,

and God smiteth down with the sword of vengeance.

And vith the ſuerd of wengans doun y-ſmytith,