So as sho ne misdede nouth!
BIRKABEYN IS KING OF DENMARK.
Sawe nou forth in hure spelle;
At that time there was a king of Denmark, called Birkabeyn.
In þat time, so it bifelle,
Was in þe lon of denemark
A riche king, and swyþe stark.
Þ[e] name of him was birkabeyn,
He hauede mani knict and sueyn;
He was fayr man, and wicth,