Cursor Mundi

"Brut þat berne bolde of hand, First conquerour of meri Ingland."

"Selden was for ani chance Praised Inglis tong in France."

"For-þi men sais into þis tyde, Is no man þat murthir may hide."

"Luken luve at the end wil kith."

"Hert sun for-gettes that ne ei seis."

"Curced in kirc than sal thai be wid candil, boke, and bell."

"Nil we, wil we, we sal mete."

"Efter haly kyrc state Þis ilk bok is es translate In to Inglis tong to rede For the loue of inglis lede, Inglis lede of Ingland, For the commun at understand. Frankis rimes here I redd, Communlik in ilk[a] sted, Mast es it wroght for frankis man: Of Ingland the nacion, Quat is for him na frankis can? Es Inglis man þar in commun; Þe speche þat man wit mast may spede, Mast þar-wit to speke war nede; Selden was for ani chance Praised Inglis tong in france; Giue we ilkan þare langage, Me think we do þam non outrage. To laud and Inglis man i spell Þat understandes pat i tell."