After the lawes of justice:[1104]

Help that I hadde conseil hiere

Upon the trouthe of mi matiere.’ 2080

And Julius with that anon

Assigned him a worthi on,

Bot he himself no word ne spak.

This kniht was wroth and fond a lak

In themperour, and seide thus:

‘O thou unkinde Julius,

Whan thou in thi bataille were