Amongës other thingës, speciálly These merchants have him told of Dame Constance’ So great nobless, in earnest so royálly, That this Soudan hath caught so great pleasance To have her figure in his remembránce, That all his lust, 1460 and all his busy cure, 1461 Was for to love her while his life may dure.

Paráventure in thilkë 1462 largë book, Which that men call the heaven, y-written was With starrës, when that he his birthë took, That he for love should have his death, alas! For in the starrës, clearer than is glass, Is written, God wot, whoso could it read, The death of every man withoutë dread. 1463