[Tale of Theseus and Ariadne.]
Mynos, as telleth the Poete,
The which whilom was king of Crete,
A Sone hadde and Androchee
Hic ponit exemplum contra viros amori ingratos. Et narrat qualiter Theseus Cadmi filius, consilio suffultus[347] Adriagne Regis Mynos filie, in domo que laborinthus dicitur Minotaurum vicit:[348] vnde Theseus Adriagne sponsalia certissime promittens ipsam vna cum Fedra sorore sua a Creta secum nauigio duxit. Set statim postea oblito gratitudinis beneficio Adriagnam ipsum saluantem in insula Chio spretam post tergum reliquit; et Fedram Athenis sibi sponsatam ingratus coronauit.
He hihte: and so befell that he
Unto Athenes forto lere
Was send, and so he bar him there,[346]
For that he was of hih lignage,
Such pride he tok in his corage,