Som layde theyr bookys on theyr kne,
And rad so long that they myght nat se;
«Allas! myne hede wolle cleue on thre!»
Thus seyth another certayne.
Poème du temps d'Henri VI publié par M. Furnivall, The stacions of Rome and the pilgrim's sea voyage, Early english text society, Londres, 1867.
Voyage à Rome (quatorzième siècle); la fondation de Rome:
The Duchesse of troye that sum tyme was.
To Rome com with gret pres.
Of hire com Romilous and Romilon.
Of whom Rome furst bi-gon.