| 925 | No wonder was for in her grete astat | |
| | Her gost was euer in pleyn humylite | |
| | No tender mouth ne herte delicaat | |
| | No pompe ne semblaunce of rialte | |
| | But ful of pacient benignite | |
| 930 | Discreet and prideles and ay honourabil | |
| | And ay to her husbond meke and stabil | |
| | Men speke of Iob and most for his humbles | |
| | As clerkis whan hem list can wel endite | |
| | Namely of men but in sothfastnes | |
| 935 | Though clerkis preyse women but alite | |
| | Ther can noman in humbles hem aquyte | |
| | As woman can ne can be half so trewe | |
| | As women ben but it be falle of newe | |
| | ¶ . Quinta pars . | |
| | F | Ro Boleyne this erle of Pauye cam | |
| 940 | Of whiche the fame sprong both more & lesse | |
| | And in the peplis eris al and som | |
| | Was told that he a newe Markesse | |
| | With hym broughte in suche pompe and riches | |
| | That neuer was seye with mannys ye | |
| 945 | So ryal a sight in al westlumbardye | |
| | The Markis whiche that shope & knew al this | |
| | Or that this erle was come sente his message | |
| | For that sely poure creature the Marquesse | |
| | And she with humble herte and glad visage | |
| 950 | Not with no swellyng thought in her corage | |
| | Cam at his heste and on her knees her set | |
| | And reuerently and wisly she hym gret | |
