Now herkne what fell therupon:[771]

This yonge lord, this worthi kniht

Of Rome, upon the same niht

That thei amorwe trete scholde,

Unto his Bacheler he tolde

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His conseil, and the Ring with al

He scheweth, thurgh which that he schal, 2660

He seith, the kinges Dowhter wedde,[772]

For so the Ring was leid to wedde,