That in an yle that called was [Colcos],

Beyonde Troye, estward in the see,

(60)

That ther-in was a ram, that men mighte see,

That had a flees of gold, that shoon so brighte,

That no-wher was ther swich an-other sighte;

1430

But hit was [kept] alway [with] a dragoun,

And many othere merveils, up and doun,

And with two boles, maked al of bras,