I'll mote she speed therefor.

Adam Bell.

Bell, my wife, she loves not strife,

Yet she will lead me if she can;

And oft, to live a quiet life,

I'm forced to yield, though I'm goodman.

It's not for a man a woman to threape,

Unless he first give o'er his plea;

As we began we now will leave

And I'll take my old cloak about me.