When Arcite had y-sung, he gan to sike, 445 And sat him down withouten any more: “Alas!” quoth he, “the day that I was bore! How longë, Juno, through thy cruelty Wilt thou warrayen 446 Thebes the city? Alas! y-brought is to confusion The blood royál of Cadm’ and Amphion: Of Cadmus, which that was the firstë man, That Thebes built, or first the town began, And of the city first was crowned king. Of his lineáge am I, and his offspring By very line, as of the stock royál; And now I am so caitiff and so thrall, 447 That he that is my mortal enemy, I serve him as his squiër poorëly. And yet doth Juno me well morë shame, For I dare not beknow 448 mine owen name, But there as I was wont to hight Arcite,