Thempire of Rome scholde stonde.
And thus thei lefte it out of honde
For lacke of grace, and it forsoke,
That Alemans upon hem toke: 810
And to confermen here astat,
Of that thei founden in debat[177]
Thei token the possessioun
After the composicioun
Among hemself, and therupon
Thei made an Emperour anon,