þar com in þare moreȝennge.

To helpe þare niȝtegale.

For þah heo hadde steuene smale.

Heo hadde gode þrote ⁊ schille.

365 An fale manne song awille.

þe wranne was wel wis iholde.

`Vor þeg heo nere ibred awolde.´

Ho was itoȝen among menne.

An hire wisdom brohte þenne.

370 Heo miȝte speke hwar heo walde.