Sayng, alas! thus stondyth the cause,

I am a bannisshed man.

4.

And I your wylle for to fulfylle

In this wyl not refuse;

Trusting to shewe, in wordis fewe,

That men haue an ille use

To ther owne shame wymen to blame,

And causeles them accuse;

Therfore to you I answere nowe,