A worthi kniht of gret lignage, 5150

Ilicius which thanne hihte,

Acorded in hire fader sihte(5350*)

P. iii. 265

Was, that he scholde his douhter wedde.

Bot er the cause fully spedde,

Hire fader, which in Romanie

The ledinge of chivalerie

In governance hath undertake,

Upon a werre which was take