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,