The copy in Percy’s Reliques is translated by Von Marées, p. 88.
A
Percy MS., p. 490; Hales and Furnivall, III, 399.
1
As itt beffell in mdsumer-time,
When burds singe sweetlye on euery tree,
Our noble king, King Henery the Eighth,
Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.
2
Hee was no sooner ouer the riuer,