And tho be name Manes hihten,

To whom ful gret honour thei dihten,

So as the Grekes lawe seith,

Which was ayein the rihte feith.

Thus have I told a gret partie;

Bot al the hole progenie

Of goddes in that ilke time

To long it were forto rime. 1370

Bot yit of that which thou hast herd,

Of misbelieve hou it hath ferd,