Tydyngs other this or that,

Of love, or suche thinges glad.”[299]

In this he had full satisfaction; his dream took another turn, and he was led towards the place he wanted, where things glad were to be found, a temple not of fame, but of tales and tidings, of noise and merriment:

“And theroute come so grete a noyse,

That had hyt stonde upon Oyse,

Men myght hyt have herd esely

To Rome, Y trowe sikerly.”

The noise went up to the sky from innumerable apertures, for

“This hous hath of entrees

As feele (many) as of leves ben on trees,