| | In thingis grete and eke suche folk wel can | |
| | Done execucioun in thingis sadde | |
| | The lord knew weel that he hym louyd & drad | |
| | And when this seriaunt wiste his lordis wyl | |
| 525 | In to the chambir he stalkid hym ful stylle | |
| | Madame he sayde ye moot forgeue it me | |
| | Though I do thing whiche I am constreyned | |
| | Ye be ful wyse and ful wel knowe ye | |
| | That lordis hestis may nat be fayned | |
| 530 | They may weel be bewaylid or compleyned | |
| | But men muste nede vnto her lust obeye | |
| | And so wol I ther is nomore to sey | |
| | This child I am comandid forto take | |
| | And spak nomore but out the child he hent | |
| 535 | Dispitously & gan a chere ful hidons to make | |
| | As thogh he wolde haue sleyn it or he went | |
| | Gresilde muste al suffre and consent | |
| | And as a lamb she sittith meke and stylle | |
| | And lete this cruel seriaunt do his wylle | |
| 540 | Suspecions was the fame of this man | |
| | Suspect his face suspect his word also | |
| | Suspect the tyme in whiche he this began | |
| | Allas her doughter that she louyd so | |
| | She wende he wolde haue sleyn it tho | |
| 545 | But natheles she neyther wepte ne siked | |
| | Confermyd to that the Markis likid | |
| | But at the laste speke thenne she began | |
| | And mekely she to the seriaunt prayde | |
| | So as he was a veray gentilman | |
