Þuruth englond wit here ware,
and boldly buy and sell.
And baldelike beye and sellen,
Oueral þer he wilen dwellen,
In gode burwes, and þer-fram
Ne funden he non þat dede hem sham,
Þat he ne weren sone to sorwe brouth,
An pouere maked, and browt to nouth.
Þanne was engelond at hayse;[5]
Then was England at ease.