Now ys an ende of þis þynge,
And Artour haþ nyw tydynge,— 404 News of Lucius's approach is brought,
Lucy þe Emperour wyþ hys host
Comeþ fast in gret bost;
Þey helyþ ouer alle þe lond,
Fowre hundred þowsand 408 with an army of 400,124 men.
An hunderd and foure & twenty,—
Thus herawdes dude ham rekeny;
Thus he hadde gadered to hym
Of cristien and of Sarasyn, 412