Ne wurþ þu neuer so wod. ne so wyn drunke.

185 þat éuere segge þine wife. alle þine wille.

For if þu iseye þe bi vore. þine ivo alle.

And þu hi myd worde iwreþþed heuedest.

Ne scholde heo hit lete. for þing lyuyinde.

þat heo ne scholde þe forþ vp breyde. of þine baleu syþes.

190 wymmon is word. woþ. ⁊ haueþ tunge to swift.

þeyh heo wel wolde.

ne may heo. hi no wiht welde.

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