Herein the God of Love retains
False-Seeming as his man, and gains
Applause thereby, the host doth ring
With shouts to crown him Ribalds' King.
'Tis thus agreed, False-Seeming then,
That thou should'st join my loyal men,
To give our friends thy powerful aid,
And guard them lest they be betrayed.
'Tis thine, so far as in thee lies,
To help them, and their enemies
To grieve and injure, thou shall be
The King of Ribalds under me.
Roman de la Rose, v. 11417-11424
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)
Herein the God of Love retains
False-Seeming as his man, and gains
Applause thereby, the host doth ring
With shouts to crown him Ribalds' King.
'Tis thus agreed, False-Seeming then,
That thou should'st join my loyal men,
To give our friends thy powerful aid,
And guard them lest they be betrayed.
'Tis thine, so far as in thee lies,
To help them, and their enemies
To grieve and injure, thou shall be
The King of Ribalds under me.
Roman de la Rose, v. 11417-11424
(Trans. by F. S. Ellis)
