| | Ye shul be ded be myghty mars the rede | |
| 890 | The quene anon for verray wommanhede | |
| | Gan forto wepe and so dede Emelye | |
| | And alle the ladyes in that companye | |
| | Gret pyte was it as hem thoughte alle | |
| | That euyr suche a chaunce sholde be falle | |
| 895 | For gentilmen they were and of gret astat | |
| | And no thyng but for loue was this debaat | |
| | And sawe hir blody woundis wide and sore | |
| | And alle cryden bothe lasse and more | |
| | Haue mercy lord vpon vs wymmen alle | |
| 900 | And on her bare knees doun they falle | |
| | And wolde haue kild hem there as they stood | |
| | Tyl at the laste slakyd was his mood | |
| | For pyte renneth sone in gentyl herte | |
| | And though he first for ire quoke and sterte | |
| 905 | He considered shortly in a clause | |
| | The trespas of hem bothe and eke the cause | |
| | And al though that his ire hire gilt acused | |
| | ʒit in his reson he hem bothe excused | |
| | And thus he thoughte wel that euery man | |
| 910 | Wil helpe hym self in loue al that he can | |
| | And delyuer hym self out of pryson | |
| | And eke in his herte he hadde compassion | |
| | Of wommen for they were euer in one | |
| | And in his gentil herte he thoughte anon | |
| 915 | And softe vnto hym self he sayde fy | |
| | Vp on a lord that wil haue no mercy | |
| | But be a lioun bothe in word and dede | |
