And al alowd this word he cride:
‘Lo, take hire ther, thou wrongfull king,[1429]
For me is levere upon this thing
To be the fader of a Maide,
Thogh sche be ded, than if men saide 5250
That in hir lif sche were schamed[1430]
And I therof were evele named.’(5450*)
Tho bad the king men scholde areste
His bodi, bot of thilke heste,
Lich to the chaced wylde bor,