Bot for al that, thogh hem be loth,
He fond the ladre and doun he goth,
And to him spak, bot non ansuere
Ayein of him ne mihte he bere[1641]
For oght that he can don or sein;
And thus he goth him up ayein.
Tho was ther spoke in many wise[1642]
Amonges hem that weren wise, 1650
Now this, now that, bot ate laste
Qualiter precepto Principis, vt Appolinum consolaretur, Thaisis cum cithara sua ad ipsum in obscuro nauis, vbi jacebat, producta est.