A Sone, and that was after sene;[1015]

Bot yit as thanne he was of yowthe,

A babe, which no reson cowthe,

And as godd wolde, it fell him thus.

A worthi kniht Taltabius

This yonge child hath in kepinge,

And whan he herde of this tidinge,[1016] 1930

Of this treson, of this misdede,

He gan withinne himself to drede,

In aunter if this false Egiste