| And Darius occupied his degre | |
240 | Though he therto hadde neythir right ne lawe | |
| Lordingis her by ensaumpil mowe ye take | |
| How that in lordship is no sikyrnesse | |
| For whenne that fortune wyl a man forsake | |
| He berith awey his regne and his riches | |
245 | And eke his frendis bothe more and les | |
| And what man hath frendis thorough fortune | |
| Mys hap wol make hym enemyes I gesse | |
| This Prouerbe is ful soth & ful comune | |
| C | Enobia of Belmarie quene | |
250 | As writith Perceus of her nobles | |
| So worthy was in armys and so kene | |
| That no wight passid her in hardynes | |
| Ne in lynage ne in non other gentilnes | |
| Of kyngis blood of Perce is she descendid | |
255 | I say that she had not most fiersnes | |
| But of her shappe she myght not be amendid | |
| From her childhoode I fynde that she fled | |
| Office of womman and to wode she went | |
| And many a wilde hertis blood she shed | |
260 | With arowis brood that she to hem sent | |
| She was so swift that she anon hem hent | |
| And whanne that she was elder she wold kylle | |
| Liouns liberdis and hem alto rent | |
| And in her armys welde hem at her wille | |
265 | She durste wilde bestis dennys seke | |
| And renne in the mounteyn al the nyght | |
| And slepe vnder abussh and she coude eke | |