Empriß of thoght, ore ſuperfleuytee,
Or than ſum othir caſualytee.”
“Yet,” replied he, “I shall not leave it so.”
“Ȝit,” quod the king, “I ſal nocht leif It so;”
HE SENDS FOR HIS CLERKS.
[396] And furth he chargit meſingeris to go
Throgh al his Realm, withouten more demande,
He bade all the bishops and clergy come to Camelot within twenty days.
And bad them ſtratly at thei ſhulde comande
All the biſhopes, and makyng no delay