Of rancoun wolde he no good have
For savinge of a mannes lif,
Bot al goth to the swerd and knyf,
So lief him was the mannes blod.[1269]
And natheles yit thus it stod, 3430
So as fortune aboute wente,
He fell riht heir as be descente[1270]
To Perse, and was coroned king.
And whan the worschipe of this thing
Was falle, and he was king of Perse,