| | At thebes whan the cyte was in doute | |
| | Bachus the wyn hem shenkith al aboute | |
| | And venus lowh vpon euery wight | |
| 480 | For Ianuary was becomen her knyght | |
| | And wolde bothe assayen his corage | |
| | In liberte eke as in mariage | |
| | And with here fierbrond with her hond aboute | |
| | Daunsith beforn the bryde al aboute | |
| 485 | And certeynly I dar wel sayn right this | |
| | Emenius that god of weddyng is | |
| | Saw neuyr in his lif so mery a weddid man | |
| | Hold thow thy pees thou poete Marcian | |
| | That writist vs that ilke weddyng mery | |
| 490 | Of her philogye and of hym Mercurye | |
| | And of songis that the Musis song | |
| | So smal and eke the penne and eke the tonge | |
| | Forto discriuen of this mariage | |
| | Whan tender youthe hadde weddid stouping age | |
| 495 | Ther is suche that it may not be wryte | |
| | Assay your self and than may ye wyte | |
| | If that I lacke or none in this mater | |
| | May that sit with so benigne chere | |
| | Here to be holden it semed a fairye | |
| 500 | Quene hester lokid neuyr with suche an ye | |
| | On assuere so meke a loke as she | |
| | I may you not deuyse al her beaute | |
| | But thus muche of her beaute telle I may | |
| | That she was lik the bright morow of day | |
| 505 | Fulfillyd of beaute and of plesaunce | |
