Withinne hir herte thus sche seide:[416] 5740

‘O thou, almyhty Jupiter,

That hihe sist and lokest fer,

Thou soffrest many a wrong doinge,[417]

And yit it is noght thi willinge.

To thee ther mai nothing ben hid,

Thou wost hou it is me betid:

P. ii. 320

I wolde I hadde noght be bore,

For thanne I hadde noght forlore[418]