Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
fro þe daies of oure fadris; but also we vs silf han synned greuousli til to this dai, and for our wickidnessis we, and oure kyngis, and oure prestis ben bitakun in þe hondis of kyngis of londis, boþe in to swerd, and in to caitifte, in to raueyn, and in to schenship of cheer, as also in this dai.