Thus had this piteous day a blissful end; For every man and woman did his might This day in mirth and revel to dispend, Till on the welkin 2715 shone the starrës bright: For more solémn in every mannë’s sight This feastë was, and greater of costage, 2716 Than was the revel of her marriáge.

Full many a year in high prosperity Lived these two in concord and in rest; And richëly his daughter married he Unto a lord, one of the worthiest Of all Itále; and then in peace and rest His wifë’s father in his court he kept, Till that the soul out of his body crept.