Jà nul hom près non dirà sa razon
Language: Occitan 
Jà nul hom près non dirà sa razon 
Adreitaman, se come hom doulen non, 
Mas per conort pot el faire canson; 
Prou ha d'amicz, ma paûre son li don! 
Honta y auran se por ma rehezon 
Souy fach dos hivers prez. 

Or sachan ben mos homs e mos barons, 
Anglés, Norman, Peytavin et Gascon, 
Qu'yeu non ay ja si paûre compagnon
Que per avé, lou laissesse en prezon; 
Faire reproch, certas yeu voli non, 
Mas souy dos hivers prez.

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Confirmed with The Life and Times of Richard the First, surnamed Cœur-de-Lion, King of England, by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, D. C. L., London: William Tegg, 1861, page 363.


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Set in a modified version by Richard I of England, House of Plantagenet.


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