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Apollonius of Tyre
1300[Qualiter Appolinus Tharsim nauigans, filiam suam Thaisim Strangulioni et Dionisie vxori sue educandam commendauit; et deinde Tyrum adiit, vbi cum inestimabili gaudio a suis receptus est.]
How Appolinus, saling to Tharsis, entrusted his daughter Thaisis to Stranguilio and Dionisiam his wife to be brought up; and then came to Tyre, where he was received with immeasurable joy by his people.
1301 Bot now ayeinward forto telle
1302In what plit that hire lord stod inne:
1303He seileth, til that he may winne
1304The havene of Tharse, as I seide er;
1305And whanne he was aryved ther,
1306And it was thurgh the Cite knowe,
1307Men myhte se withinne a throwe,
1308As who seith, al the toun at ones,
1309That come ayein him for the nones,
1310To yiven him the reverence,
1311So glad thei were of his presence:
1312And thogh he were in his corage
1313Desesed, yit with glad visage
1314He made hem chiere, and to his In,
1315Wher he whilom sojourned in,
1316He goth him straght and was resceived.
1317And whan the presse of poeple is weived,
1318He takth his hoste unto him tho,
1319And seith, "Mi frend Strangulio,
1320Lo, thus and thus it is befalle,
1321And thou thiself art on of alle,
1322Forth with thi wif, whiche I most triste.
1323Forthi, if it you bothe liste,
1324My doghter Thaise be youre leve
1325I thenke schal with you beleve
1326As for a time; and thus I preie,
1327That sche be kept be alle weie,
1328And whan sche hath of age more,
1329That sche be set to bokes lore.
1330And this avou to god I make,
1331That I schal nevere for hir sake
1332Mi berd for no likinge schave,
1333Til it befalle that I have
1334In covenable time of age
1335Beset hire unto mariage."
1336Thus thei acorde, and al is wel,
1337And forto resten him somdel,
1338As for a while he ther sojorneth,
1339And thanne he takth his leve and torneth
1340To Schipe, and goth him hom to Tyr,
1341Wher every man with gret desir
1342Awaiteth upon his comynge.
1343Bot whan the Schip com in seilinge,
1344And thei perceiven it is he,
1345Was nevere yit in no cite
1346Such joie mad as thei tho made;
1347His herte also began to glade
1348Of that he sih the poeple glad.
1349Lo, thus fortune his hap hath lad;
1350In sondri wise he was travailed,
1351Bot hou so evere he be assailed,
1352His latere ende schal be good.