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Henricus

Þe gywes hii slowe ek þat hii miȝte finde
Hor tresor ne hor oþer god hii ne lete nouȝt bihinde
Þe king at sein bartelmeus tid made ich vnder stonde
At keningwurþe a parlement of heiemen of þe londe
To chese six wisemen hii lokede þere
Þre bissops & þre barons þe wisoste þat þer were
& hii wan hiiwere isuore oþer sixe toke
Gode fourme among hom of þe lond to loke
& of þe deserites so þat a voreward
Þe bissop hii chose of baþe water giffard
& maister nicole of eli bissop of wurcetre
Þe þridde was þe bissop water of excetre
Þe þre baruns were wisemen of þe lond
Sir roger de someri sir roberd walrond
Sir alein de la souche & þus sixe iwis
Chose þo hii were isuore sixe oþere after þis
Þe erl gileberd of gloucetere þe erl vmfrai al so
Of hereforde & þe bissop of sein dauid þer to
Sir Ion de bailol sir philip basset
Sir warin of bassingbourne hii ne miȝte chese no bet
& bote hii miȝte acordi þat hii þe legat toke
& sir henri of alimaine riȝt & lawe to loke
& þe tuelf eode to gadere & ofte were ato
It was nei alle halewe tid ar it were ido
Þo let þe king someni aȝe þe tiwesday
Next biuore alle halwe tid as is conseil bi sai
Bissopes & abbodes & priores þer to
Erles & barons & kniȝtes al so
Þat hii were at norþhamptone to hure & at stonde
To þe lokinge of þis tuelfe of þe stat of þe londe
Þere it was despepled þe edit ywis
Þat was þe ban of kenigwurþe þat was lo þis
Þat þer ne ssolde of heiemen deserited be none
Þat hadde iholde aȝe þe king bote þe erl of leicetre one
Ac þat alle þe oþere adde aȝen al hor lond
Oþer hor eirs þat dede were bote þat þe king in is hond
It hulde to an terme þat þere iloked was
Vif ȝer some & some foure euere vp is trespas