And seide hir that it schal be do.[1374]

Wherof among a thousend tho,

Withinne his hous that slepi were,

In special he ches out there

Thre, whiche scholden do this dede:

The ferste of hem, so as I rede,

Was Morpheüs, the whos nature

Is forto take the figure 3040

Of what persone that him liketh,

Wherof that he fulofte entriketh