I have bene drechid with dremes swa,
This ilk night als I lay.'"
—(Gospel of Nichodemus, Harl. MS. 4196.)
(2) "Quhen Claudius þe manhed kend
Of þe Brettownys, he message send
Tyl Arẅyragus, þan þe kyng
Þat Brettayne had in governyng,
For til amese all were and stryfe,
And tak his dochtyr til his wyfe,
And to Rowme þat Tribwte pay