If swich a man was worthy to ben deed,

1700

Woot I nought who; but in a grisly wyse

He preyede hem anoon on it avyse.

244. Deiphebus gan this lettre to unfolde

In ernest greet; so dide Eleyne the quene;

And rominge outward, fast it gan biholde,

1705

Downward a steyre, in-to an herber grene.

This ilke thing they redden hem bi-twene;