| | But on his lady yet caste he his ye | |
| | His laste word was mercy Emelye | |
| 1945 | His spirit chaungith the hous & wente there | |
| | As I cam neuer I can not telle where | |
| | There y stynte I am no deuynyster | |
| | Of soulis fynde I not in this registre | |
| | Ne me ne list the oppinions to telle | |
| 1950 | Though y write mighte y note where they dwelle | |
| | N | Ow wyl I speke forth of Emelye | |
| | That soroweth and cryeth I wyl not lye | |
| | Now wepith Emelye & waylith Palamon | |
| | And Theseus his sustir toke anon | |
| 1955 | Swownynge and bare hir fro the cors a way | |
| | What helpith it to tary forth the day | |
| | To telle how she wepte bothe eue and morow | |
| | For in suche caas wommen haue suche sorow | |
| | Whan that her husbondis be fro hem ago | |
| 1960 | That for the more part they sorowen so | |
| | Or ellis falle in suche a maladye | |
| | That at the laste certaynly they dye | |
| | Infynyt ben the sorowis and the teris | |
| | Of olde folk and folk of tendre yeris | |
| 1965 | In al the toun for deth of this theban | |
| | For hym ther wepith bothe child and man | |
| | So greet wepynge was ther non certayn | |
| | Whan Ector was brought al fresh I slayn | |
| | To Troye allas the pyte that was there | |
| 1970 | Cracchynge of chekys rentynge of here | |
| | Why woldest thow be ded this wymmen crye | |
