He dede hem sone to hauen ricth;

And wo [so] diden[‡] widuen wrong,

Were he neure knicth so strong,

Þat he ne made him sone kesten,

And in feteres ful faste festen;

Them who wrought shame he punished.

And wo so dide maydne shame

Of hire bodi, or brouth in blame,

Bute it were bi hire wille,

He[6] made him sone of limes spille.