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