Bot al was knowe er that thei wente;

For god, which wot here hol entente,[1646] 1710

Here hertes bothe anon descloseth.

This king unto this maide opposeth,

And axeth ferst what was hire name,[1647]

And wher sche lerned al this game,

And of what ken that sche was come.[1648]

And sche, that hath hise wordes nome,

Ansuerth and seith, ‘My name is Thaise,

That was som time wel at aise: