To cut to the point, my plot worked well enough that I returned with enough fake proof to make noble Leonatus go crazy by hurting his trust in her honor with certain details, throwing in descriptions of wall-hangings, paintings, her bracelet here-oh, I stole it so cleverly! Even some secret marks on her body, so that he had to believe that she had been unfaithful to him with me. Losing hope but not my desire, my Italian brain began to plot cleverly in your slower country of Britain. You may well remember seeing me in court, where I was taught by your loyal daughter the huge difference between being in love and being wicked. So I hurried off to Britain with this plan. He would have done the same thing if it was a jewel from the wheel of the sun-god's chariot, and could have done it safely even if it had been worth the whole chariot.
He, a true noble, was confident that she was as honorable as I soon found out she was, and bet this ring. And I bet him gold against this ring, which he wore on his honorable finger, that I would sleep with his wife and win this ring by committing adultery with her. So I, criminal that I am, doubted what he said. He spoke of her as if even the virgin goddess Diana had wet dreams, and only his wife felt nothing sexual. Your daughter's faithfulness-that's where it begins. Being thus quench'd Of hope, not longing, mine Italian brain 'Gan in your duller Britain operate Most vilely for my vantage, excellent: And, to be brief, my practise so prevail'd, That I return'd with simular proof enough To make the noble Leonatus mad, By wounding his belief in her renown With tokens thus, and thus averting notes Of chamber-hanging, pictures, this her bracelet,- O cunning, how I got it!- nay, some marks Of secret on her person, that he could not But think her bond of chastity quite crack'd, I having ta'en the forfeit. Away to Britain Post I in this design: well may you, sir, Remember me at court where I was taught Of your chaste daughter the wide difference 'Twixt amorous and villanous. Thou knowest the place, where the wall is broken and high. Show them the way, Negore, even as Old Kinoos showed them the way, so that they come, unprepared, to where we wait for them, in a passage up the rocks. He, true knight, No lesser of her honour confident Than I did truly find her, stakes this ring And would so, had it been a carbuncle Of Phoebus' wheel, and might so safely, had it Been all the worth of's car. 'As thou hast said, they seek for us even now, these Russians. He spake of her, as Dian had hot dreams, And she alone were cold: whereat I, wretch, Made scruple of his praise and wager'd with him Pieces of gold 'gainst this which then he wore Upon his honour'd finger, to attain In suit the place of's bed and win this ring By hers and mine adultery. Your daughter's chastity-there it begins.