Such love mai noght longe stonde. 2640
Now herkne, Sone, and thou schalt hiere
A gret ensample of this matiere.
[Tale of the King and his Steward’s Wife.]
To trete upon the cas of love,
So as we tolden hiere above,
Hic ponit exemplum contra istos qui non propter amorem sed propter diuicias sponsalia sumunt. Et narrat de quodam Regis Apulie Seneschallo, qui non solum propter pecuniam vxorem duxit, set eciam pecunie commercio vxorem sibi desponsatam vendidit.
I finde write a wonder thing.
Of Puile whilom was a king,
P. ii. 216