Þe heu is swilk in hire ler

who is as fair as a rose.

So [is] þe rose in roser,

Hwan it is fayr sprad ut newe

Ageyn þe sunne, brith and lewe.”

And girde him sone with þe swerd

Of þe erldom, bi-forn his ferd,

And with his hond he made him knith,

And yaf him armes, for þat was rith,

They are married.