| | Than were my brothir warisshid of his wo | |
| 455 | Than muste she nedis holde her beheste | |
| | Or ellis he shal shame her at the leste | |
| | What sholde I make a lenger tale of this | |
| | Vnto his brotheris bed I come he is | |
| | And suche comfort he yaf hym forto goon | |
| 460 | To Orliaunce that he vp stert anoon | |
| | And on his wey than onward is he fare | |
| | In hope forto be lissid of his care | |
| | When they were come almost to that cite | |
| | But yf it were a two forlong or thre | |
| 465 | A yong clerk Romynge hym self they mette | |
| | Whiche that in latyn thriftely hem grecte | |
| | And aftir he sayde a wonder thing | |
| | I knowe quod he the cause of your comynge | |
| | And er they further ony foot wente | |
| 470 | He tolde hem al what was here entent | |
| | This britoun clerk hym axid of felawys | |
| | The whiche he had knowen in old dayes | |
| | And he answerid hem that they ded were | |
| | For whiche he wepte ful meny a tere | |
| 475 | Doun of his hors Aurilius light anon | |
| | And with this magicien forth he gan goon | |
| | Hoom to his hous and made hym wel at ese | |
| | Hym lackid no vitayl that hem mighte plese | |
| | So wel araid hous as there was oon | |
| 480 | Aurilius in his lyf saw neuer noon | |
| | He shewde hym or he wente to Sopere | |
| | Forestis Parkis ful of wylde dere | |
