He rod him forth, and in his hond
He bar the signal of his lond
With fisshes thre, as I have told;[860]
And thus he wente unto that hold, 1670
Wher that his oghne fader duelleth.
The cause why he comth he telleth
Unto the kepers of the gate,
And wolde have comen in therate,
Bot schortli thei him seide nay:
And he als faire as evere he may