Take a thausande pounde of Frankis fyne, He gave 1000 pounds To wage wytħ the pepul newe. of francs to his Take this with the nowe at this tyme, nephew Guy of And more I wole sende the, 592 Burgundy, Loke that thou spare no hors ne shelde, and sent him off with But þat he dede be; orders to advance And faste hye the thyderwarde, against the soudan by For I drede thay haue grete nede, 596 forced marches. And I shalle come aftirwarde Himself would follow As faste, as I may me spede.” as soon as possible. SPEKE we of Sir Laban̄ And let Charles and Gy be, 600 Howe he ordeyned for hem than̄ To Distroye Rome Citee. “Sir Lukafe[rh], thou madiste thi boost Laban reminded To conque[rh] the Romaynes 604 Lukafer of his And to bringe me the Ooste vaunting promise to Of the xij peris and Charlemayne. bring him Charlemagne Vppon̄ a condicion̄ I graunte the and his douzepeers, My doghter, dere Dame Floripas. 608 in return for his Wherefore, I aske nowe of the daughter Floripas. To holde coven«au»nte in this cas.” “That I saide” q«uo»d Lucafere, Lukafer said, he “To Mahounde I make a vowe 612 would do all he had To done al þat I hight the the[rh], promised. Ye and more th«a»n[113] for Florip love.” He ordeyned assaute anone in haste With 10,000 men he With x thousande men and moo; 616 attacked the city on And Ferumbras at that oþ«er» side faste one side, the other Assailed hem with grete woo. being assaulted by The saute endured al þ«a»t daye Ferumbras. The combat From morowe, tille it was nyght, 620 continues as long as To throwe and shete by eu«er»y waye, daylight lasts. At While that hem endured the light. night they retired to Tho wente thai home to thai[rh] tentys, their tents. [p019 THEY ENTER ROME BY TREASON.]