That every man the conoiscance

Of his contre bar in his hond,

Whan he wente into strange lond; 1640

And thus was every man therfore

Wel knowe, wher that he was bore:

For espiaile and mistrowinges

They dede thanne suche thinges,

That every man mai other knowe.[859]

So it befell that ilke throwe

Thelogonus as in this cas;