Of Rome, and tolde hem al the cas,

And seide hem that thei myhten liere[1432]

Upon the wrong of his matiere,[1433]

That betre it were to redresce

At hom the grete unrihtwisnesse, 5270

Than forto werre in strange place

And lese at hom here oghne grace.

P. iii. 269

For thus stant every mannes lif

In jeupartie for his wif