Sette upon Armes forto fihte;

Tersites soghte al that he myhte

Unarmed forto stonde in reste:[1287]

Bot of the tuo it was the beste 3590

That Achilles upon the nede

Hath do, wherof his knyhtlihiede[1288]

Is yit comended overal.

Salomon. Tempus belli, tempus pacis.

King Salomon in special

Seith, as ther is a time of pes,