Watȝ blended with Barsabe, þat much bale þoled.
Now þese were wrathed wyth her wyles, hit were a wynne huge,
To luf hom wel, & leue hem not, a leude þat couþe,
For þes wer forne1 þe freest þat folȝed alle þe sele,
Ex-ellently of alle þyse oþer, vnder heuen-ryche,
þat mused;
& alle þay were bi-wyled,
With2 wymmen þat þay vsed,
Þaȝ I be now bigyled,
Me þink me burde be excused."