| | Agayn this knyght this olde wyf gan ryse | |
| | And sayde sir knyght herforth lith no way | |
| 975 | Tel me what ye seke be your fay | |
| | Parauenture it may the bettir be | |
| | Thyse olde folk can muche thing quod she | |
| | My leue moder quod this knyght certeyn | |
| | I am but ded but yf that I can sayn | |
| 980 | What thing it is that women most desire | |
| | Coude ye me wisshe I wolde quyte wel your hire | |
| | Plight me thy trouthe here in my hond quod she | |
| | The nexte thing that I requyre the | |
| | Thou shalt it do yf it ly in thy myght | |
| 985 | And I wol telle it you or it be nyght | |
| | Haue here my trouthe quod the knyght I graunte | |
| | Than quod she I dar wel make auaunce | |
| | Thy lyf is sauf for I wol stonde ther by | |
| | Vp on my lyf the quene wol say as I | |
| 990 | Leet se whiche is the prowdist of hem alle | |
| | That werith othir kerchef or calle | |
| | That dar say nay that I wol the teche | |
| | Lec vs go forth withoute more speche | |
| | Tho rowned she a pistil in his here | |
| 995 | And bad hym be glad and haue no fere | |
| | When they be comyn to the court this knyght | |
| | Sayde he kepte his day as he had hight | |
| | And redy was his answer for to haue sayde | |
| | Ful many a nobil wyf and many a mayde | |
| 1000 | And many a widow for that they be wyse | |
| | The quene her self sittyng as Iustyse | |
