That mihte he wite be no weie.
And thus the kniht of whom I seie
P. i. 246
Toward the Soldan is beleft,
And in the Marches now and eft, 2570
Wher that the dedli werres were,
He wroghte such knihthode there,
That every man spak of him good.[764]
And thilke time so it stod,
This mihti Soldan be his wif