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Apollonius of Tyre
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971[Qualiter Appolinus filie Regis nupsit, et prima nocte cum ea concubiens ipsam impregnauit.]
How Appolinus wed the king's daughter and, sleeping with her on the first night, impregnated her.
972 Wher love is lord of the corage,
973Him thenketh longe er that he spede;
974Bot ate laste unto the dede
975The time is come, and in her wise
976With gret offrende and sacrifise
977Thei wedde and make a riche feste,
978And every thing which was honeste
979Withinnen house and ek withoute
980It was so don, that al aboute
981Of gret worschipe, of gret noblesse
982Ther cride many a man largesse
983Unto the lordes hihe and loude;
984The knyhtes that ben yonge and proude,
985Thei jouste ferst and after daunce.
986The day is go, the nyhtes chaunce
987Hath derked al the bryhte Sonne;
988This lord, which hath his love wonne,
989Is go to bedde with his wif,
990Wher as thei ladde a lusti lif,
991And that was after somdel sene,
992For as thei pleiden hem betwene,
993Thei gete a child betwen hem tuo,
994To whom fell after mochel wo.