It was of latoun overgilt:
Thus hath he noght his yifte spilt. 570
Qualiter Hellicanus ciuis Tyri Tharsim veniens Appolinum de insidiis Antiochi premuniuit.[1517]
Upon a time with his route[1518]
This lord to pleie goth him oute,
And in his weie of Tyr he mette
A man, the which on knees him grette,[1519]
And Hellican be name he hihte,
Which preide his lord to have insihte
Upon himself, and seide him thus,