And hom sche wente, as it befell,

Into hir chambre, and ther sche fell

Upon hire bedd to wepe and crie,

And seide: ‘O derke ypocrisie,

Thurgh whos dissimilacion

Of fals ymaginacion

I am thus wickedly deceived!

Bot that I have it aperceived 960

I thonke unto the goddes alle;

For thogh it ones be befalle,