Thei gon hem forth, that non it wiste,

Beside thilke gate of bras,

Collacea which cleped was,

Wher Collatin hath his duellinge.

Ther founden thei at hom sittinge

Lucrece his wif, al environed

With wommen, whiche are abandoned[1397] 4810

To werche, and sche wroghte ek withal,

And bad hem haste, and seith, ‘It schal[1398]

Be for mi housebondes were,