That fluttering dove flew round the shrine,

Where the Pope by chance was led,

And he let the scribbled parchment fall

On his holiness' bald head.

Now the Pope was very sore perplex'd,

At the words the dove had scrawl'd,

For he could not read the pig-squeak tongue,

Which is now old English call'd.

He questioned the French ambassador,

The news of that scroll to speak.