The king declareth him the cas
P. iii. 289
With sturne lok and sturdi chiere,[1492]
To him and seide in this manere:
Scelere vehor, materna carne vescor, quero patrem meum, matris mee virum, vxoris mee filium.
‘With felonie I am upbore,
I ete and have it noght forbore
Mi modres fleissh, whos housebonde
Mi fader forto seche I fonde,
Which is the Sone ek of my wif.