What wonder is it though he of me have Ioye?

750

108. I am [myn owene woman], wel at ese,

I thank it god, as after myn estat;

Right yong, and stonde unteyd in lusty [lese],

With-outen Ialousye or swich debat;

Shal noon housbonde seyn to me ["chekmat!"]

755

For either they ben ful of Ialousye,

Or maisterful, or loven novelrye.