| | To rede how thy doughtris deyde allas | |
| | That slough her self in suche a maner caas | |
| | As gret pite it was or wel more | |
| | The Theban mayden that for Nichamore | |
| 725 | Her self slough right for suche maner woo | |
| | And another Theban mayden right so | |
| | For one of Macedone had her ouyr pressid | |
| | She with her deth her maydenhede redressid | |
| | What shal I sayn of Maceratis wyf | |
| 730 | That for suche a caas beraft her self her lyf | |
| | How trewe eek was also Alcebades | |
| | That for his loue to dien rathir chees | |
| | Than forto suffre his body vnburyed to be | |
| | Whiche a wyf was Alceste also quod she | |
| 735 | What saith Omere of Penelope | |
| | Al grece knoweth of her chastite | |
| | Parde of lacedomea is writyn thus | |
| | That whan at Rome was sleyn Protholomus | |
| | No lenger wolde she lyue aftir his day | |
| 740 | The same of nobil Prothemia telle y may | |
| | Withoute Brutus coude she neuer lyue | |
| | To whom she hadde her herte al yeue | |
| | The parfyt wif of Archemecye | |
| | Honourid is thorow out al Barbarye | |
| 745 | O tentquies thy verry chastite | |
| | To alle wyuys may a mirrour be | |
| | Thus pleyneth Dorigene a day or twey | |
| | Purposinge euer that she wolde dey | |
| | But natheles vp on the thridde nyght | |
