And chitreth out in hir langage[448]

What falshod is in mariage,[449]

And telleth in a maner speche

Of Tereüs the Spousebreche.

Sche wol noght in the wodes duelle,

For sche wolde openliche telle;[450]

P. ii. 329

And ek for that sche was a spouse,

Among the folk sche comth to house,

To do thes wyves understonde[451]