And danced round; but in the midst of them

Three other ladies did both dance and sing,

The whilst the rest them round about did hem,

And like a girlond did encompass them,

And in the midst of those same three was placed

Another damsel, as a precious gem,

Amidst a ring most richly well enchaced,

That with her goodly presence all the rest much graced.

Look how the crown which Ariadne wore

Upon her ivory forehead, that same day