So as he was of his lignage;

And tolde him over al the cas,

How that his fadre moerdred was,

And hou Egistus, as men seide,

Was king, to whom the lond obeide.

And whanne Ydomeneux the king

Hath understondihge of this thing, 1950

Which that this kniht him hadde told,

He made sorwe manyfold,

P. i. 345