And hadde a dowhter hem betwene:

Bot such fortune cam to honde,

That deth, which no king mai withstonde, 280

Bot every lif it mote obeie,

This worthi queene tok aweie.

P. iii. 285

The king, which made mochel mone,

Tho stod, as who seith, al him one

Withoute wif, bot natheles

His doghter, which was piereles