Up go the trumpets and the melody, And to the listës rode the company By ordinance, throughout the city large, Hanged with cloth of gold, and not with sarge. Full like a lord this noble Duke gan ride, And these two Thebans upon either side: And after rode the queen and Emily, And after them another company Of one and other, after their degree. And thus they passed thorough that city, And to the listës camë they by time: It was not of the day yet fully prime.
When set was Theseus full rich and high, Hippolyta the queen, and Emily, And other ladies in their degrees about, Unto the seatës presseth all the rout. And westward, through the gatës under Mart, Arcite, and eke the hundred of his part, With banner red, is enter’d right anon; And in the selvë moment Palamon Is, under Venus, eastward in the place, With banner white, and hardy cheer and face. In all the world, to seeken up and down So even without variatioún There were such companiës never tway. For there was none so wise that couldë say That any had of other ávantáge Of worthiness, nor of estate, nor age, So even were they chosen for to guess. And in two ranges fairë they them dress. When that their