Byfor þe Emperour þey beþ coom; 276
Saluted hym as resoun ys,
And toke hym þes letterys.
Þey seyde to þe Emperour
"We have be wyþ kyng Arthour; 280
But such anoþer as he ys oon,
Say neuer no Man.
He ys serued on hys howshold
Wyþ kynges, Erles, worthy & bold; 284
Hys worthynesse, sur Emperour,