wel longe.

For hem mot huere kyng other knyhtes calle,

Other stedes taken out of huere stalle:

Ther hi habbeth dronke bittrere then the galle,

upon the drue londe.

When the Kyng of Fraunce y-herde this tydynge,

He smot doun is heved, is honden gon he wrynge.

Thourhout al Fraunce the word bygon to springe;

wo wes huem tho!

Muche wes the sorewe ant the wepinge