Alle beon he* bliþe be they/ of cheer
þat to my song lyþe.* listen
A sang ihc* schal 3ou singe song I
Of Murry þe Kinge.
King he was biweste* in the west
So* longe so hit laste.* as/ he lived
Godhild het* his quen;* was called/ queen
Fairer ne mi3te non ben,* fairer not might be none
He hadde a sone* þat het Horn, son
Fairer ne miste* non beo born, might/ be
Ne* no rein* vpon birine,* nor/ rain/ rain
Ne sunne vpon bischine.* shine
Fairer nis* non þane* he was...