| | Two yeer or thre to respite me | |
| | Than were I wel for ellis mot I selle | |
| | Myn heritage ther is nomore to telle | |
| | This Philisophre sobirly answerde | |
| 870 | And sayde thus whan he his wordis herde | |
| | Haue y not holde couenaunt vnto the | |
| | Yes certis wel and trewly quod he | |
| | Hast thou not had thy lady as the likith | |
| | No no quod he and soroufully he sikith | |
| 875 | What was the cause tel me yf thou can | |
| | Aurilius anone his tale began | |
| | And tolde hym al as ye haue herd before | |
| | It nedith not to reherce it you nomore | |
| | He sayde Arueragus of gentilnes | |
| 880 | Hadde leuer to dye in sorow and in distres | |
| | Than that his wyf were of her trouth fals | |
| | The sorow of Dorigene he tolde hym als | |
| | How loth her were to be a wickid wyf | |
| | And that she hadde leuer haue lost hir lyf | |
| 885 | And her trouthe she swoor thorou Innocence | |
| | She neuer erst had herd of apparence | |
| | That made me to haue in her so gret pyte | |
| | And right as frely as he sent her to me | |
| | As frely sent I her hom to hym agayn | |
| 890 | This is al and som ther is nomore to seyn | |
| | This Philisophir answerde leue brother | |
| | Euerich of you did gentilnes to other | |
| | Thou art a squier and he is a knyght | |
| | But god forbede for his blisful myght | |
