Bot al he putte in Goddes hond,

And torneth hom, and what he fond

Unto his wif he hath it schewed;

And thei, that weren bothe lewed,

Acorden that he scholde it selle. 145

And he no lengere wolde duelle,

Bot forth anon upon the tale

The ston he profreth to the sale;

And riht as he himself it sette,

The iueler anon forth fette 150