Which hadde a love at his menage,
Ther was non fairere of hire age, 4810
And hihte Viola be name;
Which full of youthe and ful of game
Was of hirself, and large and fre,
Bot such an other chinche as he[295]
Men wisten noght in al the lond,
And hadde affaited to his hond
His servant, the which Spodius[296]
Was hote. And in this wise thus[297]