Some advise But so_m_me seyde hyt wer_e_ folye
Arthur to To fyght aȝenst Emp_er_o_ur_ lucie, 420
turn and flee, For he hadde sepe[5] euer_e_ aȝenst oon,
& cou_n_ceyled Artho_ur_ to fle & goon.
Wyþ þe Emp_er_o_ur_ come kynges Many oon,
And all_e_ þeire power hooll_e_ & soom; 424
Stronger men Myȝt no man see,
As full_e_ of drede as þey myght be;
But Arthour was not dysmayd,
but he trusts He tryst on god, & was wel payd, 428
in God, And prayd þe hye trynyte
Euer hys help forto be;
And all_e_ hys Men wyþ oo voyse
Cryde to god wyþ Oo noyse, 432
to whom his "Fader in heuene, þy wyll_e_ be doon;
soldiers pray Defende þy puple fram þeire foon,
And lat not þe heþon_e_ Men
Destroye þe puple crystien: 436
Haue Mercy on þy se[r]uantis bonde,
to keep them And kepe ham fram þe heþon_e_ honde;
from the Þe Muchelnesse of Men sainfayle
heathen's hands. Ys nat victorie in Batayle; 440

[The Battle Between Arthur and Lucius.]

But after þe wyll_e_ þ_a_t in heuene ys,
So þe victorie falleþ y-wys."
Arthur's Than seyd Arthour, "hyt ys so:
"Forward!" Auau_n_t Baner, & be Goo." 444
Now frendes all_e_, for goddes loue,