| | I kepe not of his tokenys neuer a deel | |
| | He took me certeyn gold that wot I wel | |
| 405 | What euyl thedom on his monkis snowte | |
| | For god it woot I wende withouten doute | |
| | That he had yeue it me be cause of you | |
| | To do ther with myn honour and my prow | |
| | For cosinage and eke for belechere | |
| 410 | That he hath had ful ofte tymes here | |
| | But seth I se it stont in suche disioynt | |
| | I wol answere you shortly to the poynt | |
| | Ye haue no slakker dectour than am I | |
| | For I wol paye you redely | |
| 415 | Fro day to day yf so be I faylle | |
| | I am your wyf skore it vp on my tayl | |
| | And ellis I shal paye as sone as euer I may | |
| | For be my trouthe I haue on myn aray | |
| | And nat in wast bestowid eueridel | |
| 420 | And for I haue bestowed it so weel | |
| | For your honour for goddis sake I sey | |
| | As be not worth and lete vs laughe and pleye | |
| | Ye shal my ioly body haue to wedde | |
| | Be god I wol not paye you but a bedde | |
| 425 | Forgyue it me myn owen spouse dere | |
| | Turnyth hithir makith bettir chere | |
| | This marchaunt saw ther was non other remedy | |
| | And forto chide it were but a foly | |
| | Syn that the thing may not other be | |
| 430 | Now wyf he sayde and I for yeue it the | |
| | And be thy lif be nomore so large | |
