For whan the shipmen lay an ere

Unto the vois, in here airs

They wene it be a paradis,

Which after is to hem an helle.”

“Of such nature They ben, that with so swete a steven Like to the melodic of heven In womannishe vois they singe With notes of so great likinge, Of suche mesure, of suche musike, Wherof the shippes they beswike That passen by the costes there. For whan the shipmen lay an ere Unto the vois, in here airs They wene it be a paradis, Which after is to hem an helle.”