we beoþ of Alemaine; of one riche londe.
of þan ilke hende þat Ænglis his ihote.
35 Beoþ in vre londe wonder þenges gonde.
bi eche fiftene ȝer. þat folk his i somned.
And werpeþ þare hire lotes; fo[r] to londes seche.
vp wan þat lot falleþ; he mot neod wende.
Ne beo he noht so riche; he mot lond seche.
For þe wifues goþ þare mid childe; alse þe deor wilde.
bi euereche ȝere; hii goþ mid childe þere.
45 Þat lot on vs ful; þat we faren solde.