Wail, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow 'in ashes', ye principal of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are fully come, and ye shall fall like a goodly vessel.
Yelle, ye scheepherdis, and crye, and, ye princypals of þe floc, bispreynge you with aische; for youre daies ben fillid, þat ye be slayn, and youre scateryngis ben fillid, and ye schulen falle as precious vessels.