Al on snowe white stedes,

As white as milke were her wedes,

Y no seighe never yete bifore

So fair creatours y core!

The king hadde a croun on hed,

It nas of silver, no of gold red,

Ac it was of a precious ston;

As bright as the sonne it schon:

And as son as he to me cam,

Wold Ich, nold Ich, he me nam,