P. i. 323

The king of that he thus answerde

Was nothing wroth, bot whanne he herde

The hihe wisdom which he seide,[960]

With goodly wordes this he preide,[961]

That he him wolde telle his name.

‘I am,’ quod he, ‘that ilke same,

The which men Diogenes calle.’

Tho was the king riht glad withalle, 1300

For he hadde often herd tofore