And ek benethe in the valleie,[1567]

Wher thilke rivere, as men seie,

Which Ladon hihte, made his cours,

He was the chief of governours

Of hem that kepten tame bestes,

Wherof thei maken yit the festes

In the Cite Stinfalides.

And forth withal yit natheles 1020

He tawhte men the forthdrawinge

Of bestaile, and ek the makinge