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TABLE OF CHAPTERS
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LIV. lines 10061-10464, Fr. 9949-10358 82

Herein behold the manner how
Men first agreed their necks to bow
Beneath a king, and how he sware
The sceptre loyally to bear.

LV. lines 10465-10504, Fr. 10359-10398 95

The Lover makes no more delay,
But leaves his friend, and seeks the way
To where Fair-Welcome lies, for fain
Is he to find him once again.

LVI. lines 10505-10768, Fr. 10399-10662 97

The Lover findeth Dame Richesse,
Who guards the path with carefulness
By which the fortress may be ta’en
Of those who scatter golden grain.

LVII. lines 10769-10872, Fr. 10663-10764 106

With will to ease the Lover’s grief,
Appeared to him his mighty chief,
The God of Love, who pardoned him
That he awhile had deigned to trim
His ear to Reason, and, quoth he,
Unreason shalt thou henceforth be.

LVIII. lines 10873-10914, Fr. 10765-10806 109

Repeats the Lover, word for word,
The lesson he from Cupid heard.

LIX. lines 10915-10970, Fr. 10807-10864 112

Herein his barons, one and all,
Doth Love to stalwart battle call
By letter, which an envoy takes,
Who no account of danger makes.