[Fol. 205b, col. 1.]

Þat non durste ben him ageyn,

Erl ne baron, knict ne sweyn.

He grows very rich,

Wislike for soth, was him wel

Of folc, of wepne, of catel,

Soþlike, in a lite þrawe

Al engelond of him stod [in] awe;

and all England fears him.

Al engelond was of him adrad,[14]