This is my charge at ſhort, whilk if youe leſt
[556] For to fulfill, of al he haith conqueſt
He ſais that he moſt tendir ſhal youe hald.”
The king refuses.
By ſhort awys the king his anſuer yald;
“Shir knycht, your lorde wondir hie pretendis,
[560] When he to me ſic ſalutatioune sendis;
For I as yit, in tymys that ar gone,
Held neuer lond excep of god alone,
Nore neuer thinkith til erthly lord to yef