"_Ainsi il avoit trouvé sa mie
Si belle qu'on put souhaiter.
N'avoit cure d'ailleurs plaider,
Fors qu'avec lui manoir et estre.
Bien est Amour puissant et maistre._"
THE EIGHTH NOVEL.--BRANWEN OF WALES GETS A KING'S
LOVE UNWITTINGLY, AND IN ALL INNOCENCE CONVINCES
HIM OF THE LITTLENESS OF HIS KINGDOM; SO THAT HE
BESIEGES AND IN DUE COURSE TRIUMPHANTLY OCCUPIES
ANOTHER REALM AS YET UNMAPPED.