And comen is the world of Stiel,
And stod above upon the whiel.[168]
As Stiel is hardest in his kynde
Above alle othre that men finde
Of Metals, such was Rome tho
The myhtieste, and laste so
Long time amonges the Romeins
Til thei become so vileins,
That the fals Emperour Leo[169]
With Constantin his Sone also 740