Eek, thogh I mighte duren ever,

That I have doon, rekever I never,

355

That I ne shal be seyd, allas,

[Y-shamed be] through Eneas,

And that I shal thus Iuged be—

"Lo, right as she hath doon, now she

Wol do [eftsones], hardily;"

360

Thus seyth the peple prevely.'—