I charge the to kepe her as besyly as thou kone,
Thou a clene mayde xal kepe another!
And, woman, thou knowyst that my fadyr of hefne me sent
To take this manhod of the, Adamys rawnsom to pay;
ffor this is the wyl and to my ffaderys intent,
That I xal thus deye to delyvere man fro the develys pray!
Now syn it is the wyl of my fadyr it xuld thus be,
Why xuld it dysplese the, modyr, now my deth so sore?
And for to suffre al this for man I was born of the,
To the blys that man had lost man aȝen to restore.