Bot Phebus, which hath gret desdeign

Of that his Maiden was forlein,

Anon as he to Troie cam,

Vengance upon this dede he nam

And sende a comun pestilence.

Thei soghten thanne here evidence

And maden calculation,

To knowe in what condicion 6460

This deth cam in so sodeinly;[523]

And ate laste redyly