And for the French kinge’s daughters were to small,

I fancied most dame Margaret his niece,

A louely lady, beautifull, and tall,

Fayre spoken, pleasant, a very princely[755] piece

In wit and learning, matchlesse hence to Greece,

Duke Rayner’s daughter[756] of Aniow, king by stile

Of Naples, Ierusalem, and[757] Scicil ile.

13.

But ere I could the graunt of her attayne,

All that our king had of her father’s landes,