Hweþer sho sholde al engelond,
And me, and mine, hauen in hire hond?
Daþeit hwo it hire thaue!
Shal sho it neuere more haue.
“Shall I give England to a fool, a girl?
Sholde ic yeue a fol, a þerne,
Engelond, þou sho it yerne?
Daþeit hwo it hire yeue,
Euere more hwil i liue!
Sho is waxen al to prud,