WHAN Antoyn his resons to þe kyng said þus, [Consilium baronum.]
þan spak þe barons, "Sir kyng listen tille vs.
"Forsoth ilk lordyng, whilk Sir Antoyn has said,
"Disherited is þorgh þe kyng, chalanges þam of neid.
"He has spared non, þer he mot fynd encheson,
"þat he disherites ilkon of castelle & of toun.
"þerfore we rede ȝe sende to þe kyng of Almayn,
"& ȝour londes to defende, & reue Philip his wayn.
"& to þe kyng of Aragoun, & tille alle þe toþer,
"Be calle þam of tresoun, Philip & Charles his broþer.
"Bynd ȝow alle togider, to lyue & to deie,
"We se nouþer whidere þou may haf sikerer weie.
"Siluer may þou non spare of þo þat with þe be,
"For Philip is euer ȝare, & has so grete pouste.
TO þat ilk consail þe kyng acorded to, [Antonius factus est nuncius.]
Sir Antoyn wille trauail, þe message forto do.
[Par commune counsaylle Antoyne est alez, Et luy [vel ly] erceuesque de Diuelyn sa|crez, Hug le Despensere ba|roun renomez, Et Jon de Cracoumbe clerk bien auy|sez, MSS. Gall.] þe ersbisshop of Deuelyn he was chosen his pere,
A baron bold & fyn, Sir Hugh Despensere,
Of Krawecombe Sir Jon, a clerke gode & wys.
Now is Antoyn gon to procure þe partys,
þe Almanz alle wer lefe be suorn to þe Inglis,
& þer kyng was chefe in wille to do alle þis,
& bisshop & baron alle þei had gode wille.
With obligacion þe Inglis suore þei tille
