Cur ergo moriemur te vidente? et nos et terra nostra tui erimus: eme nos in servitutem regiam, et præbe semina, ne pereunte cultore redigatur terra in solitudinem.
Why therefore shall we die before thy eyes? we will be thine, both we and our lands: buy us to be the king's servants, and give us seed, lest for want of tillers the land be turned into a wilderness.
Quare ergo more te vide? Et nos et terra nostro tuo es: eme nos in servitute regia, et praebe semines, ne peri cultore terra redige in solitudine.