“‘With feters and with gyues ichot he wos to drowe, Ffrom the tour of Londone that monie myght knowe, Jn a curtel of burel aselkethe wyse Thurh Cheepe; And a gerland on hys heued of the newe guyse: Monimon of Enge_lond_--for to se Sy_mond_ Thideward con lepe. Tho he com to galewes, furst he wos an honge, Al qc. beheued, thah him thohte longe; Seththe he was yopened, is boweles ybrend, The heued to londone brugge wos send To shonde; So ich ever mote _the_--sum while wende he Ther lutel to stonde. He rideth thourth the site as J tell may, With gomen and with solas that wos here play, To londone brugge hee nome the way; Moni was the wyues chil’ that ther on loketh a day, And seide alas! That he was i_bore_--and so villiche for_lore_ So feir mon as he wos! Now stont the heued above the tubrugge, Fast bi Waleis soth for to sugge.’ “Now, Mr. Geoffrey Barbican, as these barbarous rhymes are but just intelligible, even to an Antiquary, by a very careful reading and consideration, you will, I dare say, excuse me, if I give you a paraphrase of them in modern prose; which would be expressed somewhat in this manner.--With fetters and with leg-irons I wot that he was drawn from the Tower of London that many might know it; dressed in a short coat of coarse cloth, through Cheapside, having on his head a garland of the last fashion; and many Englishmen, to see Simon Frisel, began to run thither. Then was he brought to the gibbet, and first being hung, he was also beheaded, which he thought it long ere he endured it. After, he was opened, and his bowels burned; but his head was sent to London Bridge, to affright beholders: so ever might I thrive, as that once he little thought to stand there. He rides through the City, as I may well tell you, with game and gladness around him, which was the rejoicing of his enemies, and he took the way to London Bridge. Many were the wives’ children that looked upon him, and said, Alas, that he was born! and so vilely forsaken, so terrible a man as he was! Now the head stands above the Town bridge, close to that of Wallace, truly to say.