Thou maiste haue nede to hem̄ yette.”— “Thou shalte goon̄ eke for alle thy boost, Haue done and make the fast yare! 1720 Of my nede gyfe thoᶙ no coost, Ther-of haue thou right no care!” BRYE[RH] of Mounteȝ, þat marqwyȝ bolde, and Brier of Was not aferde to him to speke. 1724 Mountdidier. To the kinge sharply he tolde, His witte was not worth a leke: [leaf 43] “Woltowe for Angre thy Barons sende To þat Tiraunte, þat alle men sleitħ? 1728 Or thou doist for þat ende, To bringe thy xij peres to the detħ.” The kinge was wrotħ and swore in halle By him, þat boght him witħ his blode: 1732 “On my messange shall ye gon̄ alle! Be ye never so wrotħ or wode.” Thay toke here lefe and fortħ thay yede, The knights take It availed not agayne him to sayne. 1736 leave and start. I pray, god gif hem gode spede! Ful harde it was to comen̄ agayn̄. NOWE let hem passe in goddis name, And speke we of the Sowdon̄, 1740 The Soudan assembled Howe he complayned him of his grame, his council. And what that he myght beste done. “Sortybrau«n»nce and Bronlande[144]” seyde he, Sortibrance and “Of counsail ye be fulle wyse. 1744 Brouland How shal I do to avenge me Of kinge Charles, and in what wyse? He brennyth my Toures and my Citees, And Burges he levethe me never oon̄. 1748 He stroieth my men̄, my londe, my fees. Thus shalle it not longe goon̄. And yet me greveth most of alle, He hath made Ferumbras renay his laye. 1752 [p051 HE DESPATCHES XII MESSENGERS TO CHARLES.]