| | For wel thou wost thy self verily | |
| | That thou and I be dampned to prison | |
| | Perpetually vs gayneth no raunson | |
| | Ne stryue as did the houndis for the bone | |
| 320 | They faught alday and yet her part was none | |
| | Ther cam a curre while that they were so wroth | |
| | And baar awey the bone betwix hem bothe | |
| | And therfore at the kyngis court my broder | |
| | Eche man for hym self there is non other | |
| 325 | Loue yf thou list for I loue and shal | |
| | And sothly lief broder this is al | |
| | Here in this prison moste we endure | |
| | And euery of vs take his auenture | |
| | Gret was the stryf & long betwix hem twey | |
| 330 | Yf that I hadde leyser forto sey | |
| | But to the effect it happed on a day | |
| | To telle it shortly as I may | |
| | A | Worthy duke that highte Parotheus | |
| | That felow was to duke Theseus | |
| | But of that story list me not to endite | |
| | Duke Parotheus loued wel arcite | |
| 345 | And hadde hym knowe at thebes yeer be yeer | |
| | And finally at the request and praier | |
| | Of Parotheus withoute euy Raunson | |
| | Duke Theseus leet hym out of prison | |
| | Frely to go where hym list ouer al | |
| 350 | In suche a gyse as I you telle shal | |
| | This was the forward playnly to endyte | |
| | Betwix duke Theseus and arcyte | |
