[115] Dromones, redan i Cod. Just. ett slags fartyg, af det grekiska drómon.
[116] "A strong batayle ther began,
Betwene the hethene men and tham,
With swerdes, speres, dartes kene;
Arwes and quarelles fleyght betewene,
Also thykke, withouten stynt (stop),
As hayl, afftyr thundyr dynt:
And in the bykyr [battle] that was so hard,
Into the drowmound come kyng Richard.
Whenne he was comen in in haste,
He dressyd his bak into the maste,
With hys ax that he ovir-raughte,
Hastely hys deth he caughte.
Some he hytte on the bacyn,
That he cleff hym to the chyn;
And some to the gyrdyl stede,
And some unto the schyppys brede;
Some in the hals so hytte he,
That hed and helm fleygh into the see:
For non armour withstood his ax,
No more than a knyff does in the wax."
[117] Dessa äro: "Surrey", "Egypte, that ryche thyng", "Damas", "Babyloune", "Arabye", "Cessoyne", "Affryke", "Bogye", "Alysaundryes lond", "grete Greece", dertill "mony ryche empyre", och "al Yude" ända till "Preter Ihons" distrikt.