Wryteth how Charlemayn

Coude nat[199] him selfe refrayne,

But was rauysht with a rage

Of a lyke dotage:

But how that came aboute, 690

Rede ye the story oute,

And ye shall fynde surely

It was by nycromansy,

By carectes and coniuracyon,

Vnder a certeyne constellacion,