With arwes and with bowe, in this manere.
This is the regne of Libie, ther ye been,
(70)
Of which that Dido lady is and queen'—
[And shortly tolde him al the occasioun]
995
Why Dido com into that regioun,
Of which as now me lusteth nat to ryme;
Hit nedeth nat; [hit nere but] los of tyme.
For this is [al and som], it was Venus,