¶ þe quene Margerete with childe þan was sche,
þe kyng bad hir not lete, bot com to þe North cuntre [Natus est Thomas fi|lius Regis.]
Unto Brotherton, on wherfe þer scho was
& lighter of a sonne, þe child hight Thomas.
Whan þe kyng herd say, sho had so wele farn,
[Ly Reis vers Escoce son chemyn reprent, La Rey|ne oue son fiz a Cawode atent Sure Owse la ryuer assez esement, MSS. Gall.] þider he went way, to se hir & hir barn,
& with hir he soiorned, tille sho was purified,
þan eft agayn he turned, & tille his ost hied.
þe quene with hir sonnc at Cawod leues she,
Tille tyme com eftson on Ouse fulle ese.
AT Karlele is þe kyng with erles & barons,
þer þei mad spekyng, to renne on þer felons.
Bot som of þam þat ware conseild oþer manere,
þorgh pastours forto fare, for bestes to lardere.
Men said þer were inowe in mores & in medis,
"&, if ȝe wille, we mowe of bestis do gode nedis.
þe cuntre herd it seie, þe folk of ilk a schire
Had þer bestis aweie þorgh mede & þorgh mire,
þat no strange man knewe ne myght so go,
þer to þe rayne bigan, & flowand bank & bro.
It ran doun on þe mountayns, & drenkled þe [F. playn.] playnes,
Sir Edward sauh þo [Sic.] paynes, & tok þe gate agayn,
þe more [L. he.] h forsoke, þe fote men ilk a flok,
A pouere hamlete toke, þe castelle Karclauerok.
