Primus rex. Such hevynese have us cawght,
I must drynk with ȝow a drawght,
To slepe a lytyll whyle.
I am hevy heed and footte,
I xulde stumbylle at rescue and root,
And I xulde goo a myle.
Hic dormiunt reges, et venit angelus, et dicit eis.
Angelus. ȝe kyngges on this hille,
Werk ȝe not aftyr Herodes wylle,
For yf ȝe do, he wylle yow kylle