"& whan þou sees leysere, þat he ne perceyue þi witte,
"With þe knyf him [Sic cum spatio. quodnam vero verbum desitvernaculum, è Gallicis non colligo.] to with þe knyfe him to smite.
¶ Comen is þe Sarazin to speke with Sir Edward,
Clad in cloþes fyn, himself is a mosard.
He said he wild speke with þe kyng priuely, [De vulne|racione Edwardi.]
Conseile non to breke, no telle it alle on hy.
Sir Edward granted wele, tille his chambre him brouht,
Of treson neuer a dele, no þing þer on he þouht.
þe letter in his hand laid, enselid & in silke bounde,
þe envenomed knyfe out braid, & gaf Edward a wounde.
To, I wene, he lauht, als his Romance sais,
A trestille Edward rauht, þat heuy was of pais.
þe Sarazin so he smote in þe hede with þat treste,
þat brayn & blode alle hote & iȝen alle out gan brest.
NOW for Edward woundes þe Cristen ere sori,
þat with in fo stoundes ere chances fallen selli.
His surgien him tolde, if he suld him saue,
& his lif holde, reste behoued him haue.
þat was a mischance, þat þer hede doun lay,
& þe kyng of France died þat oþer day.
A noþer ȝit more stark, þe pape þat tyme was dede,
& þe patriark þe legate liggis in lede.
þe kyng of Nauer hight his help to Sir Edward,
In Cecile þe dede him dight, als he was þiderward.
[Sire Edward par ses playes est en grant torment, Le Rey Henry son pere ad fet soun testament. Apres le seint Martyn kaunt Maladye luy prent, L. &. vi. annz fu Reis enterement. Il gist a Wemonstere en toumbe [vel en toumbez] richement, Sachez ke dieu [vel deus] pur ly ouer apertement, MSS. Gall.] To God his fader foundes mad his testament,
Sir Edward of his woundes was in grete tourment.
