Phoebus had left the angle meridional, And yet ascending was the beast royál, The gentle Lion, with his Aldrian, 3093 When that this Tartar king, this Cambuscan, Rose from the board, there as he sat full high: Before him went the loudë minstrelsy, Till he came to his chamber of parëments, 3094 There as they sounded diverse instruments, That it was like a heaven for to hear. Now danced lusty Venus’ children dear: For in the Fish 3095 their lady sat full high, And looked on them with a friendly eye. This noble king is set upon his throne; This strangë knight is fetched to him full sone, 3096 And on the dance he goes with Canacé. Here is the revel and the jollity, That is not able a dull man to devise: 3097 He must have knowen love and his servíce,