Soon after came the Constable home again, And eke Allá that king was of that land, And saw his wife dispiteously 1592 slain, For which full oft he wept and wrung his hand; And in the bed the bloody knife he fand By Dame Constance: Alas! what might she say? For very woe her wit was all away.

To King Allá was told all this mischance, And eke the time, and where, and in what wise, That in a ship was founden this Constance, As here before ye have me heard devise: 1593 The kingë’s heart for pity gan agrise, 1594 When he saw so benign a creature Fall in disease 1595 and in misáventure.