Bot er the werre were achieved,

As he was upon ordinance

At hom in Grece, it fell per chance,[671]

Demetrius, which ofte aboute

Ridende was, stod that time oute,

So that this Perse in his absence,

Which bar the tunge of pestilence,

With false wordes whiche he feigneth

Upon his oghne brother pleigneth 1650

In privete behinde his bak,