To whom þe right suld be of Gascoyn euer & ay,
& þorgh his decre þe pes pronunce a day.
þe pape Boniface tok Philip messengers,
& ours in o place, sette þam to mete als pers,
& preched to þam alle, als þei sat in fere,
"Lordyng þus salle falle, as I salle say here.
"MEN say in ȝour tuo londes ere men of grete resoun, [Ecce quæ pa pa dixit Nunciis Franciæ & Angliæ.]
"& wele vnderstondes, & knowes þer enchesoun.
"þo ilk men so wise suld go, & enforme ȝour kynges,
"Withouten mo justise or trauaile of oþer lordynges.
"þerfore gos ageyn, & tille ȝour kynges say,
"Bot þei with luf certeyn acorde in euen way,
"& if þei ne do, be Saynt Petir of Rome,
"Our courte sallc ordeyn so on þam so hard dome,
"At þe next feste þat comes of S. Andrew,
"þat þei & alle þer geste þat dome salle doute & rew.
¶ þe messengers þei ȝede, bare þei with þam no more,
I turne ageyn to rede of þe parlement we spak ore.
THE kyng gaf his sonne at þe parlement [Rex dedit Walliam filio suo.]
Wales in to wonne, & Chestre shire to rent.
[Et Pountif & Monstroyl|le, oue lonour qe apent, Le fiz & [vel est] Prince & Count, e les homages prent, &c. MSS. Gall.] Mustrelle & Pountif, þat er biȝond þe se,
Prince he was vp rif, & erle also was he.
Of him þat held þer londes þei mad him alle homage,
To Scotlond now he fondes, to redy his viage,
