þus erest ȝeo spac; in Englene lond.
Louerd king wassaẏl; for * þine comes me beoþ hail.
Þe king hit ihorde; and nuste wat ȝeo saide.
265 þe king vortigerne; haxede his cnihte`s´.
wat were þe speche; þat þe maide speke.
Þo answerede; Keþereh; cniht mid þe wisest.
he was þe beste latimer; þat euere wone[de] her.
Lust nou mi louerd king; and ich þe wolle cuðen.
270 wat seiþ Rowenne; fairest of al wommanne.
Hit his þe wone; Ine sax londe.