And þ_er_on was gret wou_n_drynge, 392
whose horrible Hyt was so oryble & so greet,
head is shown to More þan any Horse heed.
the host, Than hadde hoel Ioye ynowh
For þat Arthour so hym sclowh; 396
And for a p_er_petuel Memorie
and St. Mary's He Made a chapell_e_ of seynt Marye
Chapel is built In þe hulle vpon þe pleyne,
in honour of the Wyþ-Inne þat (:) þe t_um_be* of Eleyne; 400
victory. And þat name wyþoute nay [* to_m_be]
Hyt bereþ ȝut in-to þis day.
Now ys an ende of þis þynge,
News of Lucius's And Artour haþ nyw tydynge,-- 404
approach is Lucy þe Emp_er_our wyþ hys host
brought, Comeþ fast in gret bost;
Þey helyþ ouer all_e_ þe lond,

[Arthur's Men-- Pray to God.]

with an army of Fowre hundred þowsand 408
400,124 men. An hunderd and foure & twenty,
Thus herawdes dude ham rekeny;
Thus he hadde gadered to hym
Of cristien and of Sarasyn, 412
Wyþ all_e_ hys wytt & labour
To destroyen Arthour.
Arthour dude wyselye,
And hadde euer gode aspye 416
Of lucyes gouernynge
And of hys þyder comynge;