| 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 | |