"And he hadde been somtyme in chyvachie / In Flaundres, in Artoys, and Pycardie, / And born hym wel, as of so litel space."

"He was a maister-hand at stelen corn, And that he gat, he wolde it wel defende."

"Of remedies of love she knew al chaunce, For she koude of that art the olde daunce."

"And al was fals, but that I have herd say."

"Therfore, for to speke of the horrible sweryng of the Sowdan, and of the horrible cursedness of his lyf, I holde it nat pertinent to my tale."