| | Where so he cam in to the worldis ende | |
| | Comparison myghte yet neuer be makid | |
| | Betwix hym and another conquerour | |
| 555 | For al this worlde for drede of hym hath quakid | |
| | He was of knyghthod aud of fredom flour | |
| | Fortune hym made the heir of high honour | |
| | Saue wyn & wommen no thing might a swage | |
| | His high entent in armes and labour | |
| 560 | So was he ful of louynge corage | |
| | What pite were it to hym though I you tolde | |
| | Of darius and of a hundrid thousand mo | |
| | Of princis . erlis . and kyngis . bolde | |
| | Whiche he conqueryd & broughte to woo | |
| 565 | I say as fer as aman may ryde or go | |
| | The worlde was his . what sholde I more deuyse | |
| | For though I wrrote or tolde you euyr mo | |
| | Of his knyghthood it mighte not suffyse | |
| | Xij . yeer he regned as I rede in Machabe | |
| 570 | Philippis sone of Macedo he was | |
| | That first was kyng of grece that countre | |
| | O worthy gentyl Alisaunder allas | |
| | That euyr sholde falle such acas | |
| | Empoysond of thy folk thow were | |
| 575 | Thy strong fortune hath tournyd in to an aas | |
| | And for the ne wepte she neuer ateer | |
| | Who shal yeue men terys to compleyne | |
| | To the of gentilnesse and of franchyse | |
| | That all the worlde weldid in his demeyne | |
| 580 | And yet hym thoughte it mighte not suffyse | |