From Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", The Man of Law's Tale, lines 694-707

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The lying knight is executed, king Alla is converted to Christianity and Constance and the king are married

From The Canterbury Tales:
The Man of Law's Tale
lines 694-707: The king's mother dislikes her son's marriage

	But who was woful, if I shal nat lye,
695	Of this weddyng but Donegild, and namo,
	The kynges mooder, ful of tirannye?
	Hir thoughte hir cursed herte brast atwo,
	She wolde noght hir sone had do so,
	Hir thoughte a despit, that he sholde take
700	So strange a creature unto his make.

	But who was sad, if I am not to lie,
695	At this but Lady Donegild, she who
	Was the king's mother, full of tyranny?
	She thought her wicked heart must burst in two;
	She would he'd never thought this thing to do;
	And so she hugged her anger that he'd take
700	So strange a wife as this creature must make.

Me list nat of the chaf nor of the stree

Maken so long a tale, as of the corn;

What sholde I tellen of the roialtee

At mariages, or which cours goth biforn,

705 Who bloweth in the trumpe, or in an horn?

The fruyt of every tale is for to seye;

They ete, and drynke, and daunce, and synge, and pleye.

Neither with chaff nor straw it pleases me

To make a long tale, here, but with the corn.

Why should I tell of all the royalty

At that wedding, or who went first, well-born,

705 Or who blew out a trumpet or a horn?

The fruit of every tale is but to say,

They eat and drink and dance and sing and play.

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From The Man of Law's Tale, lines 708-728:
King Alla goes to war and Constance gives birth to a boy