Wyth al þe wonder of þe worlde, what he worch schulde.
For fele sellyeȝ had þay sen, bot such neuer are,
For-þi for fantoum & fayryȝe þe folk þere hit demed;
Þer-fore to answare watȝ arȝe mony aþel freke,
& al stouned at his steuen, & stonstil seten,
In a swoghe sylence þurȝ þe sale riche
As al were slypped vpon slepe so slaked hor loteȝ
in hyȝe;
I deme hit not al for doute,
Bot sum for cortaysye,