Alla goth to his inne, and as him ought" As ferforth as his conning may fuffice. The morwe came, and Alla gan him dresse, 5520 And eke his wif, this emperour to mete; And forth they ride in joye and in gladneffe; 5525 I am your doughter, your Cuftance, quod fhe, 'That whilom ye han fent into Surrie; It am I, fader, that in the falte fee Was put alone, and dampned for to die : Now, goode fader, I you mercy crie ; Who can the pitous joye tellen all 5530 5535 5'540 .5527. your Custance】 I have added your for the fake of the metre. But I let all his storie paffen by; Of Cuftance is my Tale specially; In the olde Romane geftes men may find 5545 This King Alla, whan he his time fey, With his Custance, his holy wif so swete, To Englond ben they come the righte wey, 5550 But litel while it lafteth I you hete ; 5555 Who lived ever in fwiche delite o day 5560 For Deth, that taketh of hie and low his rente, Whan paffed was a yere, even as I geffe, Out of this world this King Alla he hente, . 5552. But litel while] In Marg. C. 1," A mane ufque ad "vefperem mutabitur tempus. tenent tympanum et gaudent "ad fonum organi," &c. .5555. Who lived ever] Ibid. “Quis unquam unicam diem "totam in fua dile&tione duxit jocundam? quem in aliqua 66 parte diei reatus confcientiæ, viz. impetus iræ, vel motus "concupifcentiæ non turbavit; quem livor, vel ardor avari"tiæ, vel tumor fuperbiæ non vexavit, quem aliqua jactura, "vel offenfa, vel paffio non commoverit," 'c. For whom Cuftance hath ful gret heveneffe; 5563 Toward the toun of Rome goth hire way. And findeth ther hire frendes hole and found; 5570 And whan that he hire fader hath y found She herieth God an hundred thousand fiche. 5575 And kepe us alle that ben in this place. 5582 |