Withoute good discrecioun

This king with avarice is smite,

That al the world it myhte wite:

For he to Bachus thanne preide,

That wherupon his hond he leide,[1482]

It scholde thurgh his touche anon

Become gold, and therupon 270

This god him granteth as he bad.

Tho was this king of Frige glad,

And forto put it in assai[1483]