¶ How the kyng' Cloys was vyctoryous of hys enemyes by cause he byleued' in Ihesu Cryste: Capitulo iiij
Kyng Cloys after certeyn tyme began to make warre mortal ayenst the Almayns, And̛ so perseueryng the [sign. A viij.] allemayns had̛ vyctorye on the frensshe men in suche wyse that they were ouer-throwen & slayn. Thenne whan aurelyen sawe the dystructyon of the kynges peple he began to beholde the kyng hys lord̛ & sayd̛ to hym: "Syr kyng̛, ye see tofore your eyen the mortal destructyon of your peple, I requyre you that ye byleue in god almyghty whycℏ hath made heuen & erthe, I mene hym whome my lady the quene adoureth, precheth, and̛ byleueth on." Whan the kyng had herde aurelyen thus speken in grete affectyon he began to lyfte his eyen vnto heuen and̛ wepte moche largely, and̛ wyth grete pyte thus