the coroune wel the felle.
Alas! thou seli Fraunce, for the may thunche shome,
That are fewe fullaris maketh ou so tome;
Sixti thousent on a day hue maden fot lome,
with eorl ant knyht.
Herof habbeth the Flemysshe suithe god game,
Ant suereth bi Seint Omer ant eke bi Seint Jame,
Ȝef hy ther more cometh, hit falleth huem to shame,
with huem for te fyht.
I tell ou for sothe, the bataille thus bigon