Thus be they wedded with solemnity; And at the feastë sat both he and she, With other worthy folk, upon the dais. All full of joy and bliss is the paláce, And full of instruments, and of vitáille, The mostë dainteous 2866 of all Itále. Before them stood such instruments of soun’, That Orpheus, nor of Thebes Amphioún, Ne madë never such a melody. At every course came in loud minstrelsy, That never Joab trumped for to hear, Nor he, Theodomas, yet half so clear At Thebes, when the city was in doubt. Bacchus the wine them skinked 2867 all about. And Venus laughed upon every wight (For January was become her knight, And wouldë both assayë his couráge In liberty, and eke in marriáge), And with her firebrand in her hand about Danced before the bride and all the rout.