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chap.			page
XII.	lines 1537-1750, Fr. 1539-1740		51
		This telleth how Narcissus sighed His soul away in tearful tide Through fond self-love; yet died he not. But lives within this fount, I wot.
XIII.	lines 1751-1960, Fr. 1741-1950		58
		Herein the Dreamer telleth how He felt the shaft of Cupid’s bow, E’en as he sought his hand to close Around the stem, and snatch the rose, Whose fragrance though his soul had sent Such madness and bewilderment. But this, his fondest hope, denied The God of Love, who him espied.
XIV.	lines 1961-2030, Fr. 1951-2028		65
		Herein is told how Love amain The Dreamer claims his prisoner—fain Is he to yield him at command, As liegeman ’neath his master-hand.
XV.	lines 2031-2076, Fr. 2029-2076		67
		From Youth, which had deceived his heart, The Lover tears himself apart, And to the God of Love doth now In homage, as his liegeman, bow.
XVI.	lines 2077-2158, Fr. 2077-2158		69
		This tells how Cupid skilfully The Lover’s heart with golden key Locked in such wise, that though his breast It entered, nought it harmed his vest.