the processe gan welle telle,
And preid for the kyng as he rood be the welle.
After Elias with his lokkes hore,
Wel devoutly seyde,[211] lokyng on the kyng,
God conserve the and kepe the evermore,

[Footnote 210: Nor that no.]

[Footnote 211: Seyd well devoutly.]

[Sidenote: Haurietis aquas in gaudio de fontibus salvatoris.]

And make hym blessyd in erthe here levyng,
And preserve hym in al manere thyng,
And special among kynges alle,
In enemyes handes that he nevere falle.
And at the[212] frontour of these welles clere,
Ther was a scripture comendyng ther[213] licour;
Ye shall drawe waters with good chere,

[Footnote 212: _Omitted._]

[Footnote 213: the.]

Out of wellys of oure savyour,
Whiche han vertu to curyne al langour,
Be influence of ther grete swetnesse,
Hertys avoidyng of al ther hevynesse.
Than from thise welles of fulsome abundaunce;
With ther licours as any cristalle clere,
The kyng rood forthe with sobre continaunce,

Toward a castell, beldyd[214] of jasper grene,
Upon whos toures the sonne shone ful[215] shene;
Ther clerly shewyd be notable remembraunce,
The[216] kynges title of Ingelond and of Fraunce.
To grene trees ther grew upright,
From seynt Edward and from seynt Lowys,
The roote etake,[217] palpable to the sight,

[Footnote 214: bilt.]

[Footnote 215: _Omitted._]

[Footnote 216: This.]

[Footnote 217: ytake.]

Conveyd be[218] kynges of gret prys,
Some bare lebardes, some bar flour de lys;
In nowthir armes founde was ther no lak,
Whiche the sixte Henry may now bere on his bak;
The pedegre be iuste successione,
As trewe cronycles trewly determyne,
Unto the kyng is now descendyd down,

[Footnote 218: Conveyd by lynes be &c.]

From eyther party, right as any lyne:
Upon whos hed now freshly done shyne,
Two riche crownes, moost soverayne of plesaunce,
To brynge in pees betwen Ingelond and Fraunce.
Upon this castelle, on the tother syde,
Ther was a tree, whiche sprang out of Jesse,
Ordeyned of God ful longe to abyde,

Davyd first[219] crownyd[220] for his humylyte,
The braunches conveide, as men myghte se,
Lynyally, and[221] the genelogye,
To Crist J'hu, that was borne of Marie;
And whi the Jesse was sett on that partye,
This was the cause in especialle;
For next to Powlys y dar well specyfie,

[Footnote 219: _Transposed._]

[Footnote 220: _Transposed._]

[Footnote 221: Lynally and in, &c.]

Is the party moost chief and principalle,
Callyd of Londone, the chirc