Now lystenyth us, lovely, bothe more and lesse,
Gentyllys and ȝemanry of goodly lyff lad,
This tyde.
We xal ȝou shewe, as that we kan,
How that this werd ffyrst began,
And how God made bothe molde and man,
Iff that ȝe wyl abyde.
Secundus vexillator.
In the ffyrst pagent, we thenke to play
How God dede make, thorowe his owyn myth,