At mete was she wel ytaught withalle; She lette no morsel from hire lippë falle, Ne wette hire fingres in hire saucë depe.

They set tofore him a platter full of coals burning, and a platter full of cherries, and bade him eat, and he took and put the hot coals in his mouth and burned his tongue, which letted his speech ever after; and thus he escaped the death.