ABSTRACT
Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a due that highte Theseus; 86o Of Atthenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche c6ntree hadde he wonne; That with his wysdom and his chivalric He conquered al the regne of Femenye, 1 That whilom was y-cleped Scithia; And weddede the queene Ypolita, And broghte hire hoom with hym in his contree With muchel glorie and greet solempnytee, And eek hir faire suster Emelye. 871 And thus with victorie and with melodye Lete I this noble due to Atthenes ryde, And al his boost in armes hym bisyde.
