P. ii. 299

His gold, he fond his Ston withal:

And thus it fell him overal, 5120

Where he it solde in sondri place,

Such was the fortune and the grace.

Bot so wel may nothing ben hidd,

That it nys ate laste kidd:

This fame goth aboute Rome[331]

So ferforth, that the wordes come

To themperour Justinian;