“Schir,” quod the king, “your meſag me behufis
[580] Of reſone and of curtaſy excuſß;
But tueching to your lord and to his oſt,
His powar [and] his meſag and his boſt,
That pretendith my lond for to diſtroy,
[584] Thar-of as ȝit tak I non anoye;
[Fol. 8 b.]
And ſay your lord one my behalf, when hee
Haith tone my lond, that al the world ſhal see
That It ſhal be magre myne entent.”