The Three Estates

Ye priests and knights, drive from your hearts all thoughts of hate,
Else will ye live to see your toil and misery great!
Ye should bethink you better of your true estate.
The priest, the knight, the farmer—those three should form one alliance.
The farmer for the priest and knight shall plough the field;
The priest shall save the knight and farmer, lest they yield
Their souls to hell; and so the gallant knight shall shield
The farmer and the priest from all who offer them annoyance.
Come now, ye comrades three in fair alliance!
If, Stole and Sword, ye give each other succour true,
All Christendom will gain great happiness from you.
O Stole and Sword, the Plough doth all it ought to do!
Stand by each other well, and none can bid you then defiance!