| 435 | Thogh her husbonde were absent or none | |
| | Yf gentilmen or othir of that contre | |
| | Were wroth she wolde brynge hem attone | |
| | So wyse and ripe wordis hadde she | |
| | And in Iugement so greet equyte | |
| 440 | That she from heuyn sent was as men wend | |
| | Pepil to saue and euery wrong to amende | |
| | Nat longe tyme aftir that this Grisilde | |
| | Was weddid she a doughter had y bore | |
| | Al had her leuyr bore a knaue child | |
| 445 | Glad was the Markes and the folk therfore | |
| | For though amayde child cam al before | |
| | She may vnto a knaue child atteyne | |
| | By liklihede syn she nys not bareyne | |
| | ¶ Secunda pars . | |
| | T | Her fill as it befallith ofte tyme mo | |
| 450 | When þt this child had sokyn but a throw | |
| | This markis in his herte he thoughte so | |
| | To tempte his wyf her sadnes to knowe | |
| | That he ne mighte out of his herte athrowe | |
| | Forbere / wherfore he purposid on a day | |
| | This maruaylous desire his wyf to assaye | |
| | He hadde assaid here ynough ofte tyme before | |
| | And fond her euer good what nedith it | |
| | Her forto tempte alwey more and more | |
| | Thogh sum man preyse it for a subtil wit | |
| 460 | But as for me y say ful euyl it sit | |
| | To assay a wyf whan that it is no nede | |
| | And put her in angwish and in drede | |
