And hield him stille in such a plit,
Til that the world began diverse:
And that was whan the king of Perse,
Which Cirus hyhte, ayein the pes
Forth with his Sone Cambises 680
Of Babiloine al that Empire,[159]
Ryht as thei wolde hemself desire,
Put under in subjeccioun[160]
And tok it in possessioun,
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