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