The cause why thei comen fore

Was forto seche and forto finde

Appolinus, which was of kinde[1566]

Her liege lord: and he appiereth,

And of the tale which he hiereth

He was riht glad; for thei him tolde,

That for vengance, as god it wolde,

Antiochus, as men mai wite,

With thondre and lyhthnynge is forsmite;[1567] 1000

His doghter hath the same chaunce,