Where werre, & wrake, & wonder,

Bi syþe3 hat3 wont þer-inne,

& oft boþe blysse & blunder

Ful skete hat3 skyfted synne.

II.

20

Ande quen þis Bretayn wat3 bigged bi þis burn rych,

Bolde bredden þer-inne, baret þat lofden,

In mony turned tyme tene þat wro3ten;

Mo ferlyes on þis folde han fallen here oft