| | And suffrith vs as for our excercise | |
| | With sharpe scorgis and aduersite | |
| | Ful ofte to be bete in sondry wyse | |
| | Nat forto knowe our wil but certis he | |
| 1160 | Er we were born knew al our freelte | |
| | And for oure beste is al his gouernaunce | |
| | Lete vs lyue than in vertuous suffraunce | |
| | But o word harkenyth lordingis or I go | |
| | It were ful hard to fynde now a days | |
| 1165 | Grisildis in al a contre on or two | |
| | For yf they were put to suche assayes | |
| | The gold of hem hath so badde a layes | |
| | With bras for though it be fair at ye | |
| | It wolde rathir breste on two than plye | |
| 1170 | For whiche here for the wyuys loue of Bathe | |
| | Whoos lyf and secte mighty god mayntene | |
| | In high maistrie or ellis were it scathe | |
| | I wol with lusty herte fresh and grene | |
| | Sey you a song to glade you I wene | |
| 1175 | And leet vs stynte of ernest matere | |
| | Herkeneth my song that saith in this manere | |
| | G | Risilde is ded and eek her pacience | |
| | And bothe at onys buried in Itayle | |
| | For whiche I crye in open audience | |
| | No weddid man so hardy be to assayle | |
| 5 | His wyuys pacience in trust to fynde | |
| | Grisildis for certeyn he shal fayle | |
| | O nobil wyuys ful of prudence | |
| | Leet non humylite your tungis nayle | |
