Þe Engliſch langage or Engliſse langage biþ a langage þat manye peple in Engelond melen. Wordes in þe Engliſh langage ben writen wiþ þe Engliſsh alphabet. Elde Engliſch haþ becomen Middel Engliſh, whiche haþ becomen Newe Engliſsh ouer-tym.
Þe Engliſch langage was firſt iſpokun in Engelond, but ouer tym, hit haþ becomen a comun langage in þe erþe, and nou is ispokun in dyuers placis al ouer þe erþe.