And when the king he did them see,
He greeted them most heartily:
‘Welcome, welcome, thou trusty band,
For thou art a jolly brave company.
‘Go now make ready our royal fleet,
Make ready soon, and get to sea;
I then will shew the king of France
When on French ground he does me see.’
And when our king to Southampton came,
There the ships for him did wait a while;