THE TALE（第5页）

thesameisay，thereisnodifference

（toalexandertoldwasthissentence），

but，forthetyrantisofgreatermight

byforceofmeinie*fortoslaydownright，*followers

andburnbothhouseandhome，andmakeallplain，**level

lo，thereforeishecalldacapitain;

and，fortheoutlawhathbutsmallmeinie，

andmaynotdosogreatanharmashe，

norbringacountrytosogreatmischief，

mencallehimanoutlaworathief.

but，foriamamannottextuel，*learnedintexts

iwillnottelloftextsneveradeal;**whit

iwillgotomytale，asibegan.

whenphoebuswifehadsentforherleman，

anontheywroughtenalltheir*露stvolage.**lightorrashpleasure*

thiswhitecrow，that混♂gayeinthecage，

beheldtheirwork，andsaidneveraword;

andwhenthathomewasephoebusthelord，

thiscrowesung，"cuckoo，cuckoo，cuckoo!"

"what?bird，"quothphoebus，"whatsongsingstthounow?

wertthounotwontsomerrilytosing，

thattomyheartitwasarejoicing

tohearthyvoice?alas!whatsongisthis?"

"bygod，"quothhe，"isingenotamiss.

phoebus，"quothhe，"forallthyworthiness，

forallthybeauty，andallthygentleness，

forallthysong，andallthyminstrelsy，

*forallthywai，blearedisthineeye**despiteallthywatching，

withoneoflittlereputation，thouartbefooled*

notworthtothee，asinparison，

theuntance*ofagnat，somayithrive;*va露e