He axeth thanne and herde telle 1820

Hou that the king was oute go

Upon a werre he hadde tho;

But in that Cite thanne was

The queene, which Olimpias

Was hote, and with sollempnete

The feste of hir nativite,

As it befell, was thanne holde;

And for hire list to be beholde[878]

And preised of the poeple aboute,