- THE king has written a broad letter, And seald it up with gold, And sent it to the lord of Derwentwater, To read it if he would.
- He sent it with no boy, no boy, Nor yet with eer a slave, But he sent it with as good a knight As eer a king could have.
- When he read the three first lines, He then began to smile; And when he read the three next lines The tears began to sile.