Hath set in such a maner wise:

For al the world ne mai suffise[1061]

To will which is noght resonable.[1062]

[Wars and Death of Alexander.]

Wherof ensample concordable

Lich to this point of which I meene,

Was upon Alisandre sene, 2440

Hic secundum gesta Regis Alexandri de guerris illicitis ponit Confessor exemplum, dicens quod quamuis Alexander sua potencia tocius mundi victor sibi subiugarat[1063] imperium, ipse tandem mortis victoria subiugatus cunctipotentis sentenciam euadere non potuit.

Which hadde set al his entente,

So as fortune with him wente,