Of wommen were absent as thanne;
And thus this maiden goth to manne,
The wylde fader thus devoureth
His oghne fleissh, which non socoureth,[1485] 310
And that was cause of mochel care.
Bot after this unkinde fare
P. iii. 286
Out of the chambre goth the king,
And sche lay stille, and of this thing,
Withinne hirself such sorghe made,