Bot sche which al the chance ladde,

Fortune, schop the Marches so,

That be thassent of bothe tuo,

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The Soldan and the Caliphe eke,

Bataille upon a dai thei seke, 2600

Which was in such a wise set

That lengere scholde it noght be let.

Thei made hem stronge on every side,

And whan it drowh toward the tide