Til it befell ayein hem thus:

The noble Cesar Julius,

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Which tho was king of Rome lond,

With gret bataille and with strong hond

Al Grece, Perse and ek Caldee

Wan and put under, so that he[163]

Noght al only of thorient

Bot al the Marche of thoccident[164] 720

Governeth under his empire,