With many a wofull compleignynge
Began his handes forto wringe,
As he which demeth sikerly
That sche be ded: and sodeinly
His swerd al nakid out he breide
In his folhaste, and thus he seide:[974] 1430
‘I am cause of this felonie,
So it is resoun that I die,
As sche is ded be cause of me.’[975]
And with that word upon his kne