So, sir, as ȝe seyd nouþe,
What ich wold aski, haue y schold,
And nedes þou most þi word hold.'
Þe king seyd: 'Seþþen it is so,
Take hir bi þe hond, and go; 470
Of hir ichil þatow be bliþe.'
He kneled adoun, and þonked him swiþe;
His wiif he tok bi þe hond,
And dede him swiþe out of þat lond,
And went him out of þat þede,— 475