1818[Qualiter Appolinus vna cum filia et eius marito nauim ingredientes a Mitelena vsque Tharsim cursum proposuerunt. Sed Appolinus in sompnis ammonitus versus Ephesim, vt ibidem in templo Diane sacrificaret, vela per mare diuertit.]

1819 Whan al was do riht as thei wolde,

1820The king unto his Sone tolde

1821Of Tharse thilke traiterie,

1822And seide hou in his compaignie

1823His doghter and himselven eke

1824Schull go vengance forto seke.

1825The Schipes were redy sone,

1826And whan thei sihe it was to done,

1827Withoute lette of eny wente

1828With Seil updrawe forth thei wente

1829Towardes Tharse upon the tyde.

1830Bot he that wot what schal betide,

1831The hihe god, which wolde him kepe,

1832Whan that this king was faste aslepe,

1833Be nyhtes time he hath him bede

1834To seile into an other stede:

1835To Ephesim he bad him drawe,

1836And as it was that time lawe,

1837He schal do there his sacrifise;

1838And ek he bad in alle wise

1839That in the temple amonges alle

1840His fortune, as it is befalle,

1841Touchende his doghter and his wif

1842He schal beknowe upon his lif.

1843The king of this Avisioun

1844Hath gret ymaginacioun,

1845What thing it signefie may;

1846And natheles, whan it was day,

1847He bad caste Ancher and abod;

1848And whil that he on Ancher rod,

1849The wynd, which was tofore strange,

1850Upon the point began to change,

1851And torneth thider as it scholde.

1852Tho knew he wel that god it wolde,

1853And bad the Maister make him yare,

1854Tofor the wynd for he wol fare

1855To Ephesim, and so he dede.

1856And whanne he cam unto the stede

1857Where as he scholde londe, he londeth

1858With al the haste he may, and fondeth

1859To schapen him be such a wise,

1860That he may be the morwe arise

1861And don after the mandement

1862Of him which hath him thider sent.

1863And in the wise that he thoghte,

1864Upon the morwe so he wroghte;

1865His doghter and his Sone he nom,

1866And forth unto the temple he com

1867With a gret route in compaignie,

1868Hise yiftes forto sacrifie.

1869The citezeins tho herden seie

1870Of such a king that cam to preie

1871Unto Diane the godesse,

1872And left al other besinesse,

1873Thei comen thider forto se

1874The king and the solempnete.