| | And haddest golde ynough and Emelye | |
| | No man mighte glade Theseus | |
| | Sauynge his olde fader Egeus | |
| 1975 | That knew this worldis transmutacion | |
| | As he hadde seen it chaunge vp and doun | |
| | Ioye aftir woo and wo aftir gladnesse | |
| | And shewde hym ensaumple and liknesse | |
| | Right as ther deyde neuer man quod he | |
| 1980 | That he ne loued in erthe in som degre | |
| | Right so ther lyued neuer man he seyde | |
| | In al this worlde that som tyme he deyde | |
| | This worlde is but a thorow fare ful of wo | |
| | And we be pylgryms passinge to and fro | |
| 1985 | Deth is an ende of euery worldis sore | |
| | And ouer al this yet sayde he mykyl more | |
| | To this effect ful wisely to enhorte | |
| | The pepyl that they sholde hem recomforte | |
| | Duke Theseus with al his besy cure | |
| 1990 | Caste now where the sepulture | |
| | Of good arcite may best y makyd be | |
| | And eke most honourably in his degre | |
| | And at the laste he took conclusion | |
| | That there as first arcite and Palamon | |
| 1995 | Hadde for loue bataylle hem between | |
| | That in that selue groue swete and green | |
| | There as he hadde his amerous desirys | |
| | His complaynt and for loue his hote firys | |
| | He wolde make a fire in the whiche the office | |
| 2000 | Funeral he mighte fully accomplice | |