SIR James [In the MS. of the Heralds Office 'tis de Aucunes, in one of Mr. Anstis's de Aucune, but in the other de Auenues. Yet below both of Mr. Anstis's Co|pies have Auenues.] of Auenu he had þe first eschele, [De Jacobo Auenue.]
Was non of his vertu in armes did so wele,
Gentille of norture, & noble of lynage,
Was non þat bare armure, þat did suilk vassalage.
Of werre & of bataile he was fulle auise,
þer wisdom suld auaile was non so trewe als he.
Pere had he non in þe lond þer he was born,
He praied þe kyng on one he mot be first biforn,
& he gaf him þe vamward, þe Sarazins oste to cleue,
& he at kyng R. for euer þan toke his leue.
þe kyng withoute essoyn suld be in þe midde,
[Al duk de Burgoyne la terce est co|maunde, Et al mestre du Temple oue [sive ou, vel ouf] sa fraternete, MSS. Gallici.] & þe erle of Burgoyn he suld haf þe þridde.
With were þe templers, & þer fraternite,
Fals in alle maners, so tellis þe stori me.
ON þe toþer side þe of þe Sarazin, [De turmis Saladini.]
In þe vamward suld ride þe Soudan Saladyn,
Paien most worþi of alle þe lond of his kyn,
So told me þe stori þat I fond writen in.
In þe secund turbe was maister Coradyn
Lord of Damas, his fader was Safadyn.
[Soldan plus curtoys ne goustait vnkes vyn. De la terce eschele mestre fu Mel|chyn, Seygnour de Bandas, e Welchifasyn, [sive Wetipha|sin] Seygnour de Galyle & del leu on Cayn Tua son frere Abel par [vel on] feloun en|gyn Codd. MSS. Gallici.] Soudan so curteys neuer drank no wyne,
þe same þe Romans sais þat is of Richardyn.
