With all þe wele of þe worlde þay woned þer samen,
Þe most kyd knyȝteȝ vnder kryste seluen,
& þe louelokkest ladies þat euer lif haden,
& he þe comlokest kyng þat þe court haldes;
For al watȝ þis fayre folk in her first age,
on sille;
Þe hapnest vnder heuen,
Kyng hyȝest mon of wylle,
Hit were1 now gret nye to neuen
So hardy a here on hille.