As bokes of rome tell,

He was goten with the deuyll of hell,

As his moder slepynge lay.’ 926

The kynge sayde, ‘by Saynt Adryan,

I rede, a nother gentylman

Be there and haue the degre. 929

I haue a doughter, that me is dere,

Thou shalte wedde her to thy fere,

And yf it thy wyll be, 932

Two duchyes in honde