And ȝeve ȝow alle ryght good hendynge! Amen.

XVII. ADORATION OF THE MAGI.

Herode. As a lord in ryalté in non regyon so ryche,

And rulere of alle remys, I ryde in ryal aray;

Ther is no lord of lond in lordchep to me lyche,

Non lofflyere, non lofsumere,—evyr lestyng is my lay:

Of bewté and of boldnes I bere evermore the belle;

Of mayn and of myght I master every man;

I dynge with my dowtynes the devyl down to helle,