For soth as I yow saye;

Of nyne thowsande Ynglysshe men,

Fyve hondert cam awaye:

The other were slayne in the fylde,

Cryste kepe ther sowlles from wo,

Seying ther was so fewe fryndes

Agaynst so many a foo.

Then on the morne they mayde them beerys

Of byrch, and haysell graye;

Many a widowe wyth wepyng teyres