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Bote tueie oþer þre & abbodes al so
& grete clerkes to loki wat were best to do
Þe verste day of octobre þis conseil bigan
Vor to trety of is lond þer was mani a man
Þe pope & þe bissopes amansede verst þere
Ion king of engelond & alle þat mid him were
Fram daye to daye hii dude þe mansinge

Ȝuf hii miȝte þer þoru in amendement him bringe
A croiserie þo ȝut hii ne made vpe him non
Vor ne adde enchesoun ibe of manslaȝt manion
Ac þe king of france mid poer inou
Þoru leue of þe pope hiderward him drou
So þat drede in eche half was vpe þis king Ion
Of mansinge & entredit & al so of is fon
Peris þe wise was a man of poumfreit ibore
Muche þing þat suþþe vel he sede ofte biuore
So þat he sede þat þe king ne ssolde king leng be
Þen holi þorsdai at non bote he wolde him bet bise
& aȝe god & holi churche amendi is misdede
Vor þis word þe king was wel in þe more drede
At corf he let þis peris in strong prison bringe
Vorte he wuste of þis wo wat were þe endinge
To rome gode messagers to þe pope he sende
Vort aȝen holichurche is trespas amende
Anon after easter toward douere he drou
To wite þe hauene mid poer inou
& gaderede of al engelonde þe beste of ech toune
& were uorte holi þoresday vpe berhaundoune
To kepe þe king of france vor king Ion adde drede
Of mansinge & of þe word þat peris þe wise sede
In þe monþe of aueril is messagers come
& pandulf þe legat wiþ hom fram þe court of rome
Pandulf him sede anon þat he amansed was
Þis lond to lese he & is vor is vile trespas
Þe king was nei for drede wod vor wowe in ech ende
Laste þe king of fraunce & mansing him ssolde ssende
& vor holi þorsday was ney þouȝtes he adde inowe
Leste þe deuelen of helle al quic to helle him drowe
Þe king suor vpe þe boc & caucion vond god
Þat he al clanliche to þe popes loking stod