¶ Whan þe day was ent, to rest men wer alle laid,
Isaac gan repent, þat he to R. said.
Fulle stille away he went, þat was a theues braid;
A messenger he sent þat þus to R. said:
¶ "Isaac wille not grante, to oblige him to þe,
"No to be þi tenante his body bonden be,
"Ne to suilk seruage his heyrs disherite,
"Ne ȝeld at terme & stage rent mykelle no lite.
"O deuel," said þe king, "þis is a foltid man,
"Whan he with trechettyng bi nyght away so ran.
"þei red him alle a mysse, þat conseil gaf þerto.
"Wenes he our men Inglisse for to trecther so?
NOW gos kyng R. his purueiance to make, [De man|sione per totum.]
How & whider ward he hoped Isaac take.
To þo lordes þat camen, als Bumund & Sir Guye,
& þe toþer alle samen, he toke galeis tuenty,
& busses þat were gode o hundreth of þe most,
To fare opon þe flode, to waite wele bi þat coste.
¶ Eft bi Cipres side Isaac to aspie, [Ricardus circuit ter|ram, & ce|pit Nichoci & filiam Isaac]
If he toke any tide out of lond to flie.
R. south þe lond with gode folk & hardie,
þe tounes þat þei fond þei felle to his mercie.
[Robert de Turnham se mene noblement, La tere souz maryne ad conquys nette|ment Codd. Gallici.] Roberd of Thornham bare him nobilly,
Bi þe se side he nam, & wan it per maistrie.
þan turned he to þe kyng after his conquest,
þei mad þan a samenyng, to go toward þe West.
