| | And in his armes he hem alle vp hent | |
| 100 | And hem comforted in ful good entent | |
| | And swore his oth as he was trewe knyght | |
| | He wolde do so ferforth his myght | |
| | Vp on the tiraunt Creon hym to wreke | |
| | That al the pepyl of grece sholde speke | |
| 105 | How Creon was of Theseus y serued | |
| | As he that hath his deth wel deserued | |
| | And right anon withouten more abood | |
| | His baner he displayde and forth he rood | |
| | To Thebes ward and al his oste besyde | |
| 110 | No ner Athenes nolde he goo ne ryde | |
| | Ne take his ese nat fully half aday | |
| | But on in his wey that nyght he lay | |
| | And sente anon Ipolita the quene | |
| | And Emely hir yonge sustir shene | |
| 115 | Vnto the toun of Athenes to dwelle | |
| | And forth he rideth ther is nomore to telle | |
| | H | E rood the statu with spere and targe | |
| | So shyneth in his whit baner large | |
| | That alle the feldis gliteren vp and doun | |
| 120 | And be his baner born is his penon | |
| | Of gold ful riche in whiche therwas I bete | |
| | The Mytan whiche he wan in crete | |
| | This riche duke this riche conquerour | |
| | And in his oste of chiualrye the flour | |
| 125 | Tyl that he cam to Thebes and a lighte | |
| | Fer in a feld there as he thoughte to fighte | |
| | But shortly to speke of this thyng | |