882[Qualiter tres filii Principum filiam Regis singillatim in vxorem suis supplicacionibus postularunt.]

883 Bot fell a time, as he out wente

884To walke, of Princes Sones thre

885Ther come and felle to his kne;

886And ech of hem in sondri wise

887Besoghte and profreth his servise,

888So that he myhte his doghter have.

889The king, which wolde his honour save,

890Seith sche is siek, and of that speche

891Tho was no time to beseche;

892Bot ech of hem do make a bille

893He bad, and wryte his oghne wille,

894His name, his fader and his good;

895And whan sche wiste hou that it stod,

896And hadde here billes oversein,

897Thei scholden have ansuere ayein.

898Of this conseil thei weren glad,

899And writen as the king hem bad,

900And every man his oghne bok

901Into the kinges hond betok,

902And he it to his dowhter sende,

903And preide hir forto make an ende

904And wryte ayein hire oghne hond,

905Riht as sche in hire herte fond.