& send fram cite of Rome 196
Wyþ lettres of þe Emperoures
Whas name was Lucies. lucius.
Þes lettres were opened & vnfold,
And þe tydynge to alle men told, 200
Whas sentence, yf y ne lye,
Was after þat y can aspye:
¶ Lucius þe grete Emperour Litera Lucii imperatoris.
To hys Enemy Arthour:— 204
We woundereþ of þi wodeness