[Sidenote: =P. iii. 293=] And axeth what the cause was, And thei him tolden al the cas, How sodeinli the Prince is go. And whan he sih that it was so, And that his labour was in vein, Anon he torneth hom ayein, And to the king, whan he cam nyh, He tolde of that he herde and syh, 530 Hou that the Prince of Tyr is fled, So was he come ayein unsped. The king was sori for a while, Bot whan he sih that with no wyle He myhte achieve his crualte,[1510] He stinte his wraththe and let him be. [Sidenote: Qualiter Appolinus in portu Tharsis applicuit, vbi in hospicio cuiusdam magni viri nomine Strangulionis hospitatus est.] Bot over this now forto telle Of aventures that befelle Unto this Prince of whom I tolde,[1511] He hath his rihte cours forth holde 540 Be Ston and nedle, til he cam To Tharse, and there his lond he nam. A Burgeis riche of gold and fee Was thilke time in that cite, Which cleped was Strangulio, His wif was Dionise also: This yonge Prince, as seith the bok, With hem his herbergage tok;[1512] And it befell that Cite so Before time and thanne also, 550 Thurgh strong famyne which hem ladde Was non that eny whete hadde. [Sidenote: =P. iii. 294=] Appolinus, whan that he herde[1513] The meschief, hou the cite ferde, Al freliche of his oghne yifte His whete, among hem forto schifte, The which be Schipe he hadde broght, He yaf, and tok of hem riht noght. Bot sithen ferst this world began, Was nevere yit to such a man 560 Mor joie mad than thei him made: For thei were alle of him so glade, That thei for evere in remembrance Made a figure in resemblance Of him, and in the comun place[1514] Thei sette him up, so that his face[1515] Mihte every maner man beholde, So as the cite was beholde;[1516] It was of latoun overgilt: Thus hath he noght his yifte spilt. 570 [Sidenote: Qualiter Hellicanus ciuis Tyri Tharsim veniens Appolinum de insidiis Antiochi premuniuit.[1517]] Upon a time with his route[1518] This lord to pleie goth him oute, And in his weie of Tyr he mette A man, the which on knees him grette,[1519] And Hellican be name he hihte, Which preide his lord to have insihte Upon himself, and seide him thus, Hou that the grete Antiochus Awaiteth if he mihte him spille. That other thoghte and hield him stille, 580 And thonked him of his warnynge, And bad him telle no tidinge,[1520] [Sidenote: =P. iii. 295=] Whan he to Tyr cam hom ayein, That he in Tharse him hadde sein. [Sidenote: Qualiter Appolinus portum Tharsis relinquens,