He nye of blode to this noble quene
Both tweyne borne of one lynage
Wonder gracious to all that dyd him sene
And well fauoured of fetures and visage
And in the while of his tendre age
One Cassander of macedoyne kinge
Compassed his deth by subtyll fals werkynge
And his purpos for to brynge aboute
He sent for him by fals collusion
Puttinge Glaucus pleynly oute of doubte
But if he cam lyke his entencion
He wolde werke to his distruccion
Gadre peple both nye and ferre
And on Glaucus gynne a mortal werre
But kinge glaucus toke herof none hede
Hauinge to pirrus so great affeccion
Of him receyued verreyly in dede
To be his sonne by adopcion
Purposinge of hool entencion
To make pirrus pleynly if he may
To be his heyre and regne after his day
Pyrrus alwey vpgrowynge by encres
Full amyable both of chere and face
And in this while the people of pirothes
Knowynge that he stode in glaucus grace
Chaungyd their hertys cast theym in short space
For to restore all of one corage
The seyde pirrus to his heritage
Thus by assent he was crowned kynge
Yonge fressh and lusty and seemly therwithall
Wonder wele thewed in his vpgrowynge
Like his lynage of corage wex royall
The which was cause in especiall
He was byloued of frendes aboute
And of his enmyes greatly had in doute
The name of him gan to sprede ferre
Through all grece aboute in eche cuntre
The londe of tarent gan in his tyme werre
Ageyne the romaynes as ye may se
Requeringe Pirrus that he wolde be
Fauourable and helpinge of entent
To the partye of them of tarente
To ther request he can condescende
And of purpos cast him nat to fayle
If that fortune wold him grace sende
With mighty honde and marciall apparaile
For to be lorde and conquere all Itayle
As dyd his vncle whilom doutles
Kynge alisaundre called of Epirothes
First he began his conquest in Itayle
Towarde heraclye a mighty greate cyte
Where with brennyus he had a great batayle
Consull of rome and lorde of that cuntre
And to the encres of his felicite
As is remembryd in his storye
Vpon romaynes he gate that victorye
The olifauntys with castels on their bak
Causyd pirrus the yonge manly knight
With his wysdom wherin there was no lacke
To put his enmyes that day to the flight
And in this while it hapned forthright
The Secilians bochas bereth recorde
Amonge them silf were at discorde
There was atwene them great diuysion
Eche to other contrary in werkinge
But to refourme their fals descencion
They prayed pirrus to come and be their kynge
To whoos requeste he fully assentynge
By theym made stronge list nat to differre
Ageyne the romayns to gynne a werre
Besyde a castell called Esculus
Within Poile his baners he gan splaye
The same day nat happy nor vrous
Contrarious fortune his power gan affraye
Wounded to the deth gan gretly him dismaye
By which occasion this pirrus anon right
Lept on his courser and toke him vnto flight
A sonne he had called Helenus
Borne of the doughter of kynge agathodes
Whom he ordeyned myn auctour telleth thus
For to be crowned to his greate encres
Of Seciliens to regne there in pees
Wenynge therby to haue had auauntage
And in this while cam to him amessage
Oute of Tarent which stode in auenture
For his absence oute of that region
If he nat cam they might nat endure
Ageyne thē powere of them of rome toun
Which of assent were descendyd doun
Ageyns theym they stondynge in despeire
Saue in abydynge vpon his repeyre