In his armes his brithe bride.
Bi þe pappes he leyen naked:
So faire two weren neuere maked
In a bed to lyen samen:—
Þe knithes þouth of hem god gamen,
Hem forto shewe, and loken to.
Rith also he stoden alle so,
And his bac was toward hem wend,
They see a bright cross on his back, denoting kingship.
So weren he war of a croiz ful gent,