‘Haue thou here, King Arthure,
haue thou heere of mee;
Give itt to thy comely queene,
shapen as itt is alreadye.
8.
8.4 Perhaps the line should end with ‘his,’ but ‘wiffe’ is the last word in the manuscript.
‘Itt shall neuer become that wiffe
that hath once done amisse’:
Then euery knight in the King’s court
began to care for his wiffe.