[196] Thane in my thocht rolling to and fro

Quhare that I myhct ſum wnkouth mater fynde,

At last I thought of the story of “Lancelot of the Lake,”

Quhill at ye laſt it fell in to my mynd

Of o ſtory, that I befor had ſene,

[200] That boith of loue and armys can conteñ,

Was of o knycht clepit lancelot of ye laik,

The ſone of bane was, king of albanak;

Of quhois fame and worſchipful dedis

[204] Clerkis in to diuerß bukis redis,