Hadde here-up-on eek made gret ordenaunce,

And founde his cause, and ther-to his aray,

If that he were missed, night or day,

Ther-whyle he was aboute this servyse,

That he was goon to doon his sacrifyse,

540

78. And moste at swich a temple alone wake,

Answered of Appollo for to be;

And first, to seen the [holy] laurer quake,

Er that Apollo spak out of the tree,