| The person of the toun hir fader was | |
| With here he yaf many a panne of bras | |
25 | For that Symkyn sholde in his blood alye | |
| She was fostrid in a Nonnerye | |
| For Symkyn wolde no wyse as he sayde | |
| But yf she were wel y norisshid and amayde | |
| To saue his astat of yemanrye | |
30 | And she was proud and pert as a pye | |
| A ful feir sight was vp on hem two | |
| An holiday beforn hir wolde he go | |
| With his tipet ybounde aboute his hed | |
| And she cam aftir in a gite of reed | |
35 | And Symkyn hadde hosen of the same | |
| Ther durste no wight clepe hir but dame | |
| Was non so hardy that wente be the way | |
| That with hir durste onys rage or play | |
| But yf he wolde be slayn of Symkyn | |
40 | With pauade or with knyf or bodekyn | |
| For ielous folk ben parlous euermo | |
| Algatis they wolde her wyuys wenten so | |
| And eke also for she was somdele smotirlich | |
| She was as dyne as watir in a dich | |
45 | And ful of hocour as a pismare | |
| Here thoughte a lady sholde hir spare | |
| What for hir kynrede and hir nortilrye | |
| That she hadde lernyd in the Nonerye | |
| A doughtir hadde they betwix hem two | |
50 | Of twenty yeer withoute ony mo | |
| Sauynge a child that was of half yeer age | |