Is in the bok of Troie write,
Which I schal do thee forto wite.[134]
In Grece whilom was a king,
Of whom the fame and knowleching
[Tale of Jason and Medea.]
Beleveth yit, and Peleüs
He hihte; bot it fell him thus, 3250
Hic in amoris causa ponit exemplum contra periuros. Et narrat qualiter Iason, priusquam ad insulam Colchos pro aureo vellere ibidem conquestando transmearet, in amorem et coniugium Medee Regis Othonis filie iuramento firmius se astrinxit; set suo postea completo negocio, cum ipsam secum nauigio in Greciam perduxisset, vbi illa senectam[135] patris sui Esonis in floridam iuuentutem mirabili sciencia reformauit, ipse Iason fidei sue ligamento aliisque beneficiis postpositis, dictam Medeam pro quadam Creusa Regis Creontis filia periurus dereliquit.
That his fortune hir whiel so ladde
That he no child his oghne hadde