The ferste seide, “I understonde

Ne may no king wel ben in londe,

Under God Almihte,

But he cunne himself rede,

Hou he shal in londe lede

Everi man wid rihte.

For might is riht,

Liht is night,

And fiht is fliht.

For miht is riht, the lond is laweles;