Boþe þat on and þat oþer myn honoured ladyeȝ,

Þat þus hor knyȝt wyth hor kest han koyntly bigyled. 345

Bot hit is no ferly þaȝ a fole madde,

And þurȝ wyles of wymmen be wonen to sorȝe,

For so watȝ Adam in erde with one bygyled,

And Salamon with fele sere, and Samson eftsoneȝ

Dalyda dalt hym hys wyrde, and Dauyth þerafter 350

Watȝ blended with Barsabe, þat much bale þoled.

Now þese were wrathed wyth her wyles, hit were a wynne huge

To luf hom wel, and leue hem not, a leude þat couþe.