And when he came to the Tearne-wadling,
The baron there cold he [finde];
With a great weapon on his backe,
Standinge stiffe and stronge.
And then he tooke King Arthurs letters in his hands,
And away he cold them fling;
And then he puld out a good browne sword,
And cryd himselfe a king.
And he sayd, "I haue thee, & thy land, Arthur,
To doe as it pleaseth me;