þat Pers said, me þink it is laid, þe pes so trewe,
Now ilk ȝere, bi tymes sere, þei gynne alle newe.
Jhesu so meke, I þe biseke, on croice þat was wonded,
Grante me þat bone, þe Scottes sone alle be confonded.
ATTE Seynt Edmond toun þe Parlement was sette, [De parlia|mento apud Sanctum Edmun|dum.]
Bisshop & baroun, þe clergie alle þer mette.
þe baronage holy þer þei gan alle samen,
þe kyng alle þe clergie praied þam bi name,
If þei wild at þer myght help him bi þat weye,
Als þei bifore hight in Westmynster abbeye.
"Of help I haf grete nede, my werre is not alle ent
"To wite what ȝe me rede, I set þis parlement.
"þis lond forto saue, my were to mayntene,
"þe tuelft penie to haue," þei granted alle bidene.
& of merchandie þe seuent penie to haue
Vnto his tresorie, þe barons vouched saue.
[Et luy Erceuesqe, qe te|ent la primacye Du se de Caunterbire, sure respouns estudye, MSS. Gall.] Forto gyue ansuere Roberd of Wynchelse
Studied how he mot, were alle his primaute.
He sent to þe kyng tuo bisshops of renoun,
& schewed þat spiritualle þing þorgh pouert ȝede alle doun.
Afterward he ȝede himself to þe kyng, [Archiepi|scopus dixit ad Regem.]
& said, "Sir, God forbede, to greue þe ony þing.
"Sir, I schewe þe here, for alle holy kirke,
"þat no man has powere þer of to deme no wirke,
"Withoute þe pape of Rome, Gode's vicarie.
"He salle at his dome set it lowe & hie,
