200 STORY OF APOLLONJUS OF TYRE.
Him thenketh longe, er that he spede, But ate laste unto the dede. Ap- The time is come, and in her wise With great offrend and sacrifice They wedde and make a riche fest, And every thing was right honest Withinne hous, and eke without. It was so done, that all about Of great worship and great noblesse There cried many a man largesse Unto the lordes high and loude. The knightes, that ben yonge and proude, They jeste first and after daunce. The day is go, the nightes chaunce Hath derked ail the brighte sonne. This lord, which hath his love wonne, Is go to bedde with his wife, Where as they lede a lusty life, And that was after somdele sene, For as they pleiden hem betwene, They gete a child betwene hem two, To whom fell after mochel wo.
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Jt fdl a day they riden out The kinge and quene and all the rout To pleien hem upon the stronde, Where as they seen toward the londe A ship sailend of great array. To knowe what it mene may, Till it be come they abide. Then see they stonde on every side Endlong the shippes bord to shewe Of penouncels'a rich rewe. They axen, whenne the ship is come.