Beholden it this king began,

And such a lust tok of the sihte,

That fain he wolde, if that he mihte,

The forme of that figure embrace;

And goth him forth toward the place,[852]

Wher he sih that ymage tho,

And takth it in his Armes tuo,

And it embraceth him ayein

And to the king thus gan it sein: 1540

‘Uluxes, understand wel this,