ENTRODUCTIONNE

Somme cherisaunei <60> 'tys to gentle mynde,
Whan heie have chevyced <61> theyre londe from bayne <62>,
Whan theie ar dedd, theie leave yer name behynde,
And theyre good deedes doe on the earthe remayne;
Downe yn the grave wee ynhyme <63> everych steyne,
Whylest al her gentlenesse ys made to sheene,
Lyche fetyve baubels <64> geasonne <65> to be seene.
Ælla, the wardenne of thys <66> castell <67> stede,
Whylest Saxons dyd the Englysche sceptre swaie,
Who made whole troupes of Dacyan men to blede,                10
Then seel'd <68> hys eyne, and seel'd hys eyne for aie,
Wee rowze hym uppe before the judgment daie,
To sale what he, as clergyond <69>, can kenne,
And howe hee sojourned in the vale of men.