Howe Nabyn hauyng no title but by tyrannye to¦ke on him to be kinge of macedoyne was slayne
nExt cam Nabyn full pytously wepynge
Tofore Iohn bochas which by tyrannye
Of macedoyne toke on him to be kinge
Hauynge no title saue title of robbrye
Only by force him silf to magnefye
Which with stronge honde toke full possession
For to be crownyd in thilke region
This macedoyne as by olde writinges
Whilom was had in full great reuerence
Bycause only it floured in two thinges
Both in knighthode and souereyne sapience
Mars there by manhode Pallas by prudence
And while these tweyne had gouernaunce
Of all welfare they had suffisaunce
And while noblesse of these thinges tweyne
That is to sey the floure of hye clergye
The hye renoun moste famous and souereyne
Of marciall prowesse and of chiualrye
Gouerned that londe by newe pollicie
Than stode that kingdom auctours reherce kōne
Amonge the grekys lyke an heuenly sonne
But at the laste eclipsed was the light
Both of knighthode and philosophye
Whan couetise gan entre ageyne right
For to vsurpe vpon the regalye
But intrusion of fals tyrannye
And by extort force made their entringes
Hauynge no title there to regne as kinges
This was cheef cause for shorte conclusion
That the noblesse of grece was brought baas
And macedoyne brought to confusion
By couetise that set theym in such caas
Therby their knighthode fully translated was
And their policye in cronycles ye may se
Out of grece to rome the cyte
And amonge other by clere remembraunce
Of such tyrauntys by ordre rehersinge
Nabyn was one that had gouernaunce
In macedoyne and was ther crounyd kynge
Without tytle there falsly regnynge
And for his frowarde contagious cruelte
He was behatyd of rome the cyte
The romayns sent a mighty consulere
Titus flamynius of their werres guide
To Macedoyne he gan to approch nere
Towarde argos where Nabyn dyd abyde
Of entente for to abate his pryde
But while Nabyn stode hyest in estate
Of grece his lieges with him were at debate
A Duke I callyd Pilopomones
With the people that dwelled in grece londe
To stryue with nabyn put him silf in pres
Disconfited him fightinge honde of honde
And at greate mischeef ye shall vnderstond
Alexamenes a knight of that cuntre
Slough this nabyn the cronicle ye may se