混種語 (hybrid) の形成
& þe normans ne couþe speke þo / bote hor owe speche
& speke french as hii dude atom / & hor children dude also teche
So þat heiemen of þis lond / þat of hor blod come
Holdeþ alle þulke speche / þat hii of hom nome
Vor bote a man conne frenss / me telþ of him lute
Ac lowe men holdeþ to engliss / & to hor owe speche ȝute
Ich wene þer ne beþ in al þe world / contreyes none
Þat ne holdeþ to hor owe speche / bote engelond one
Ac wel me wot uor to conne / boþe wel it is
Vor þe more þat a mon can / þe more wurþe he is