This emperor hath granted gentilly To come to dinner, as he him besought: And well rede 1727 I, he looked busily Upon this child, and on his daughter thought. Alla went to his inn, and as him ought Arrayed 1728 for this feast in every wise, As farforth as his cunning 1729 may suffice.

The morrow came, and Alla gan him dress, 1730 And eke his wife, the emperor to meet: And forth they rode in joy and in gladness, And when she saw her father in the street, She lighted down and fell before his feet. “Father,” quoth she, “your youngë child Constance Is now full clean out of your rémembránce.