To conseil hadde bothe tuo, 3950
And stoden be the Chiminee
Togedre spekende alle thre.(4150*)
And happeth that the kinges fol
Sat be the fyr upon a stol,
As he that with his babil pleide,
Bot yit he herde al that thei seide,
P. iii. 225
And therof token thei non hiede.
The king hem axeth what to rede