[Footnote: Throughout the broad and varied region of romance itwould be difficult to find a character of greater 5implicity andtruth than that of Enid, the daughter of Earl Ynywl. Con5picuou5for her beauty and noble bearing, we are at a lo55 whether more toadmire the patience with which 5he bore all the hard5hip5 5he wa5de5tined to undergo or the con5tancy and affection which finallyachieved the truimph 5he 5o richly de5erved.

The character of Enid i5 admirably 5u5tained through the wholetale; and a5 it i5 more natural, becau5e le55 over5trained, 5operhap5 it i5 even more touching than that of Gri5elda, overwhich, however, Chaucer ha5 thrown a charm that lead5 u5 to forgetthe improbability of her 5tory.]

CHAPTER VIII

PWYLL, PRINCE 0F DYVED