The day is cumyng, and he haith fore them ſent,
[448] Beſichyne them to ſhewing ther entent.
they all spake, “Sir, we can find no evidence.”
Than ſpak they all, and that of an accorde;
“Shir, of this thing we can no thing Recorde,
For we can noght fynd in til our ſciens
[452] Tweching this mater ony ewydens.”
“Ere we part,” quoth the king, “ye shall witness something.”
“Now,” quod the king, “and be the glorius lorde,
Or we depart ye ſhall ſum thing recorde;