Hath shapen her that she mot nedes be

[Pitouse, sadde, wyse], and trewe as steel;

And to this woman hit accordeth weel.

For, [though that Venus yaf her greet beautee],

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[With] Iupiter compouned so was she

That conscience, trouthe, and dreed of shame,

And of her wyfhood for to kepe her name,

This, [thoughte her], was felicitee as here.

And [rede Mars] was, that tyme of the yere,