Upon this dance, amongë other men, Danced a squiër before Dorigen, That fresher was, and jollier of array, As to my doom, 3263 than is the month of May. He sang and danced, passing any man That is or was since that the world began; Therewith he was, if men should him descrive, One of the bestë faring 3264 men alive, Young, strong, and virtuous, and rich, and wise, And well belov’d, and holden in great price. 3265 And, shortly if the sooth I tellë shall, Unweeting 3266 of this Dorigen at all, This lusty squiër, servant to Venús, Which that y-called was Aurelius, Had lov’d her best of any creatúre Two year and more, as was his áventúre; 3267