But as fast as he could ryn,[95]
Till he came to his wife."
The warden said, "I am full of woe,
That ever ye should be torment so,
But wee with you had beene!
Had wee been there your brethren all,
Wee should have garred the warle[96] fall,
That wrought you all this teyne."[97]
Fryer Middleton said soon, "Nay,
In faith you would have fled away,