Hire notes ben of such entente.

And ek thei seide hou in hir song

Sche makth gret joie and merthe among,

And seith, ‘Ha, nou I am a brid,

Ha, nou mi face mai ben hid:

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Thogh I have lost mi Maidenhede,

Schal noman se my chekes rede.’

Thus medleth sche with joie wo

And with hir sorwe merthe also, 5990