He groned for gref & grame;
Þe blod in his face con melle,
When he hit schulde schewe, for schame.
XXII.
"Lo!" says he, handling the lace, "this is the band of blame,
"Lo! lorde," quod þe leude, & þe lace hondeled,
"Þis is þe bende of þis blame I bere [in] my nek,
Þis is þe laþe & þe losse, þat I la3t haue,
Of couardise & couetyse, þat I haf ca3t þare,
Þis is þe token of vn-trawþe, þat I am tan inne,