The Canterbury Tales · The Squire’s Tale · The Tale 3025 · Pars Prima (2/2)

Informed when the king was of the knight,

And had conceived in his wit aright

The manner and the form of all this thing,

Full glad and blithe, this noble doughty king

Repaired to his revel as beforn.

The bridle is into the tower borne,

And kept among his jewels lefe3111 and dear;

The horse vanish’d, I n’ot3112 in what mannére,

Out of their sight; ye get no more of me:

But thus I leave in lust and jollitý

This Cambuscan his lordës feastying,3113

Until well nigh the day began to spring.