kynge commaunded that none of them vpon payne of dethe to
myssaye them ne doo them ony harme / and commaūded a kny//
ghte to brynge them to their lodgynge / and see that they haue
alle that is necessary and requysyte for them / with the best che
re / and that noo deyntee be spared / For the Romayns ben gre
te lordes / and though theyr message please me not ne my court
yet I must remembre myn honour /

Milestone: Knights_of_Round_Table

¶ After this the kyng le//
te calle alle his lordes and knyghtes of the round table to co
unceyl vpon this mater / and desyred them to saye theire ad//
uys /

Milestone: Sir Cador speaks

thenne syr Cador of Cornewaile spacke fyrste and sayd
Syre this message lyketh me wel / for we haue many dayes re
sted vs and haue ben ydle / and now I hope ye shalle make
sharp warre on the Romayns where I doubte not we shal ge
te honour /

Milestone: King Arthur replies

NoteCould e2v23-28 also parallel milestone 17? I byleue wel sayd Arthur that this mater pleaseth
the wel / but these ansuers may not be ansuerd / for the dema//
unde greueth me sore / For truly I wyl neuer paye truage to
Rome / wherfore I pray yow to counceylle me /

Milestone: King Arthur's claim to Empire

I haue vnder//
stande that Bellinus and Brenius kynges of Bretayne ha
ue had tempyre in their handes many dayes / And also Con//
stantyn the sone of Heleyne / whiche is an open euydence that
we owe noo trybute to Rome / but of ryght we that ben des//
cended of them haue ryght to clayme the tytle of thempyre /