Welmore than sche dede afore,
And seide, ‘Helas, wifhode is lore
In me, which whilom was honeste,[324]
I am non other than a beste,
Now I defouled am of tuo.’
And as sche myhte speke tho,
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Aschamed with a pitous onde
Sche tolde unto hir housebonde 980
The sothe of al the hole tale,