¶ De Dynoto, Custode siue Rege, & de Vrsula, filia eiusdem, & .xj. Ml virginum, tam per tempesta|tem quam apud Coloniam, occisis per Sarasenos.
When Maximian ferde fro Bretaigne,
Of Dynotis mad he cheftayne, [ceiftayn.]
To kepe [& kept.] [Petyt folio 39a:2] þe lond til his bihoue;
ffor trewe & feyþful he dide [for a lele man did.] hym proue.
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Sire Karaduk, þat y spak of [Karaduk broþer .I. spak.] byforn,
Was Dynotis broþer, & ȝonge [was Dinotus & ȝongere.] born;
Bot ded þat tyme was Karaduk;
& his sone, þat highte sire Mauryk,—
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Þat ȝede to Rome in Octauus message—
Wyþ Dyanot he kepte [with Dianoth had.] his heritage.
A doughter had Dianot, & no ma; [Lambeth folio 28b:2]
Hure name was cald dame [þat maiden hight.] Vrsula.
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Þo þat were dryuen fro Armoriche,
Þe Frensche & þey felawed o-liche, [frankis & þei fleand olike.]
& rysen [ros.] ageyn Conan to fight;
Bot Conan meyntende wel his right;
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ffor þeym ne loste he [þem he les.] neuere nought
Whan þey on hym bataille sought.
Þen was Conan meued of skyle [to do his folk be more þorgh skill.]
Hys lond to edefie & to tyle; [& þe lond herberw & till.]
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& þat þey moughte þe sikerere lyue,
Wyues he þoughte hem for to gyue.
ffrensche wymen wolde [frankis women wild.] þey non take,
Þat þer blod no monge scholde [monge suld.] make,
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