| 190 | Lo this was al the sentence of his bille | |
| | Virginius gan vp on the chorle beholde | |
| | But hastlye er he his tale tolde | |
| | He wolde a defendid it as shulde a knyght | |
| | And by witnes of many a trewe wight | |
| 195 | That al was fals that sayde his aduersary | |
| | This cursid Iuge wolde no lenger tary | |
| | Ne here a word more of virginius | |
| | But yaf his Iugement and said thus | |
| | I deme anone this chorl his seruaunt haue | |
| 200 | Thou shalt no lenger in thy hous her saue | |
| | Go fet her forth and put her in our warde | |
| | This chorle shal haue his thral thus I warde | |
| | And when this worthy knyght virginius | |
| | Thorow the assent of the Iuge apius | |
| 205 | Muste before his dere doughter yeuyn | |
| | Vnto the Iuge in lechery to lyuyn | |
| | He goth hym hoom and set hym in his halle | |
| | And lete anon his dere doughter calle | |
| | And with a face ded as asshis colde | |
| 210 | Vp on her humbil face he gan beholde | |
| | With fadris pite stikyng thorou his herte | |
| | Al wol he not from his purpos conuerte | |
| | Doughter quod he virginea by thy name | |
| | Ther been two weyys othir deth or shame | |
| 215 | That thou must suffir allas that I was bore | |
| | For neuer thou deseruest wherfore | |
| | To dien with a swerd or with a knyf | |
| | O dere doughter whiche that al my lyf | |
