| | Now wol I stynte of this Arueragus | |
| | And speke I wol of dorigene his wyf | |
| | That louyd her husbond as her lyf | |
| | For his absence wepith she and sikith | |
| 110 | As doon thyse gode wyuys when hem likith | |
| | She morneth wakith waylith & pleynyth | |
| | Desire of his presence so her distreyneth | |
| | That al this wyde worlde she set at nought | |
| | Her frendis that knew hir they thought | |
| 115 | Here to comforte in al that euer they may | |
| | They prechyn here they techen here nyght and day | |
| | That causeles she sleth her self allas | |
| | And euery comfort possible in that caas | |
| | They do to here and al her besines | |
| | To auoyde her sorow and her heuynes | |
| | Men mowe so longe graue in a stoon | |
| | Be processe as ye knowen euerichon | |
| | Til som figure ther ynne pryntid be | |
| | So longe haue they conforted here tyl she | |
| 125 | Receyued hath by hope and by reson | |
| | The enpryntinge of her consolacion | |
| | Thorow whiche her sorow began to aswage | |
| | She may not alwey duryn in suche arage | |
| | And eke Arueragus in al this care | |
| 130 | Hath sent her lettris hom of his welfare | |
| | And that he wol come hastely agayn | |
| | Or ellis hadde this sorow her hert slayn | |
| | And thus they her sorowes for to slake | |
| | Prayde her on their knees for goddis sake | |
