Whan Thaise scholde have be forlore,
This false cherl to his lady
Whan he cam hom, al prively
He seith, ‘Ma Dame, slain I have[1627]
This maide Thaise, and is begrave
In prive place, as ye me biede.
Forthi, ma dame, taketh hiede
And kep conseil, hou so it stonde.’[1628]
This fend, which this hath understonde, 1510
Was glad, and weneth it be soth: