To hire clepe, and here offringe 830

Thei beren, whan that thei ben lyhte.

Lo, hou Egipte al out of syhte

[iii. Belief of the Greeks.]

Fro resoun stant in misbelieve[1542]

For lacke of lore, as I believe.

De Secta Grecorum.[1543]

Among the Greks, out of the weie

As thei that reson putte aweie,[1544]

Ther was, as the Cronique seith,