"Nay," seyd Arthour, "per de, 236 but Arthur forbids it,
That were aȝenst alle kynde,
A messager to bete or bynde;
y charge alle men here
for to make ham good chere." 240
And after Mete sanz fayl
Wyþ hys lordes he hadde counsayl;
And alle asented þer to,
Arthour to Rome scholde go; 244 and resolves to invade Rome.
And þey ne wolde in hys trauayle