Calde mayd Mary, the trewth to telle;
Sche semyd so holy withinne that plas,
Men seyd sche was ffedde with holy aungelle.
Sche made a vow with man nevyr to melle,
But to leve chast and clene virgine;
How evyr it be her wombe doth swelle,
And is as gret as thinne or myne.
Secundus detractor. ȝa! that old shrewe Joseph, my trowth I plyght,
Was so anameryd upon that mayd,
That of hyr bewtyé, whan he had syght,