=Source.=--_Archæologia_, vol. xxix., p. 130.
"_On Thursday the first week in Lent came Edward to London with thirty
thousand men, and so in field and town everyone called Edward King of
England and France._"
Since God hath chosen thee to be his Knight,
And possessed thee in this right,
Then him honour with all thy might,
_Edwardus Dei gratia!_
Out of the stock that long lay dead,
God hath caused thee to spring and spread,
And of all England to be the head,
_Edwardus Dei gratia!_
Since God hath given thee through his might,
Out of that stock bred in sight,
The flower to spring and rose so white,
_Edwardus Dei gratia!_
Then give him laud and praising,
Thou virgin Knight of whom we sing,
Undefiled since thy beginning,
_Edwardus Dei gratia!_
God save thy countenance,
And so prosper to his pleasance,
That ever thine estate thou mayst enhance,
_Edwardus Dei gratia!_