And him commanded that he should abide; And said him thus; ‘If thou to-morrow wend, 4324 Thou shalt be drown’d; my tale is at an end.’ He woke, and told his follow what he mette, And prayed him his voyage for to let; 4325 As for that day, he pray’d him to abide. His fellow, that lay by his beddë’s side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. ‘No dream,’ quoth he, ‘may so my heart aghast, 4326 That I will lettë for to do my things. 4327 I settë not a straw by thy dreamíngs, For swevens 4328 be but vanities and japes. 4329 Men dream all day of owlës and of apes, And eke of many a mazë 4330 therewithal; Men dream of thing that never was, nor shall.