And wiste wel he seyde a sooth of this,
1725
He nought a word ayein to him answerde;
For sory of his frendes sorwe he is,
And shamed, for his nece hath doon a-mis;
And stant, astoned of these causes tweye,
As stille as stoon; a word ne coude he seye.
1730
248. But at the laste thus he spak, and seyde,
'My brother dere, I may thee do no-more.