Gloriously and richely dight, [folio 42a]
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And stode euene In hir syght;
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For he hadde many a long day
Be-fore herd telle of hir & say,
"That sche was the fairest wiff
Off alle wymmen that euere bar lyff."
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PAris thenne with meke mode
Aȝeyn the qwene he ȝode and stode,
And loked on hir euere in on;
A bryghter brid of blod ne bon
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Thoght him neuere that he hadde sen,
Sithe in this world he hadde ben.
Alle his hert was on hir set,
For that thei were to-gedir met;
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And when sche hadde of him a syght,
Hir thoght him the fayrest knyght
That sche hadde sene In al hir lyue;
Sche wolde wel fayn haue ben his wyue.
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¶ Sche loked on him, and he on hir;
Eyther other now desir,
How thei myght theire loue fulfille,
Ne how to schewe here herte wille.
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But atte laste thei drowe hem nere
And spak to-gedir so In-fere,
That, er that thei thennes wente,
Thei were bothe at on assente.
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He toke then leue at qwene Eleyne,
Off here spekyng he was fayne;
To his schippis he him hied,
Ther thei stode faste tied.
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He did a-non to him calle
His felawes and his meyne alle;
When thei were comen to him thore,
He seide: 'lordynges, lesse and more!
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