Downe in a fforrest to take the ayre,
But eighty merchants of London cittye
Came kneeling before King Henery there.
3
‘O yee are welcome, rich merchants,
[Good saylers, welcome unto me!’]
They swore by the rood the were saylers good,
But rich merchants they cold not bee.
4
‘To Ffrance nor Fflanders dare we nott passe,