And for the surplus yeven sommes grete.

This thing anoon was couth in every strete,

Bothe in [thassege], in toune, and every-where,

And with the firste it cam to Calkas ere.

10. Whan [Calkas] knew this tretis sholde holde,

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In consistorie, among the Grekes, sone

He gan in thringe forth, with lordes olde,

And sette him there-as he was wont to done;

And with a chaunged face hem bad a bone,