[400] The ſhuld appere be the tuenty day

At camelot, with al thar hol clergy

That moſt expert war, for to certefye

A mater tueching to his goſt be nyght;

[404] The meſag goith furth with the lettres Right.

The king eft ſone, within a litill ſpace,

His Iornay makith haith frome place to place,

He goes to Camelot, and finds the clerks assembled.

Whill that he cam to camelot; and there

[408] The clerkis all, as that the chargit were,