An other such thei nevere syhe, 1490 Which that science so wel tawhte: Wherof sche grete yiftes cawhte, That sche to Leonin hath wonne; And thus hire name is so begonne Of sondri thinges that she techeth, That al the lond unto hir secheth Of yonge wommen forto liere. [Sidenote: Qualiter Theophilus ad Dionisiam mane rediens affirmauit se Thaisim occidisse; super quo Dionisia vna cum Strangulione marito suo dolorem in publico confingentes,[1625] exequias et sepulturam honorifice quantum ad extra subdola coniectacione fieri constituerunt.] Nou lete we this maiden hiere, And speke of Dionise ayein And of Theophile the vilein,[1626] 1500 Of whiche I spak of nou tofore. Whan Thaise scholde have be forlore, This false cherl to his lady Whan he cam hom, al prively He seith, ‘Ma Dame, slain I have[1627] This maide Thaise, and is begrave In prive place, as ye me biede. Forthi, ma dame, taketh hiede And kep conseil, hou so it stonde.’[1628] This fend, which this hath understonde, 1510 Was glad, and weneth it be soth: Now herkne, hierafter hou sche doth.[1629] [Sidenote: =P. iii. 326=] Sche wepth, sche sorweth, sche compleigneth,[1630] And of sieknesse which sche feigneth Sche seith that Taise sodeinly Be nyhte is ded, ‘as sche and I Togedre lyhen nyh my lord.’ Sche was a womman of record, And al is lieved that sche seith; And forto yive a more feith, 1520 Hire housebonde and ek sche bothe In blake clothes thei hem clothe, And made a gret enterrement;[1631] And for the poeple schal be blent, Of Thaise as for the remembrance, After the real olde usance A tumbe of latoun noble and riche With an ymage unto hir liche Liggende above therupon Thei made and sette it up anon. 1530 Hire Epitaffe of good assisse Was write aboute, and in this wise It spak: ‘O yee that this beholde, Lo, hier lith sche, the which was holde[1632] The faireste and the flour of alle, Whos name Thaïsis men calle. The king of Tyr Appolinus Hire fader was: now lith sche thus. Fourtiene yer sche was of Age, Whan deth hir tok to his viage.’ 1540 [Sidenote: Qualiter Appolinus in regno suo apud Tyrum existens parliamentum fieri constituit.] Thus was this false treson hidd, Which afterward was wyde kidd, [Sidenote: =P. iii. 327=] As be the tale a man schal hiere. Bot forto dare mi matiere,[1633] To Tyr I thenke torne ayein, And telle as the Croniqes sein. Whan that the king was comen hom, And hath left in the salte fom His wif, which he mai noght foryete, For he som confort wolde gete, 1550 He let somoune a parlement,