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Passus secundus de visione  vt supraM.2.0: No blank line follows this rubric, which is centered.

YetM.2.1: The main scribe always spells yet with initial <ȝ> and it is always corrected. Here it looks as though the guide letter has been altered to a <y>. At any event, the initial <Y> was painted after the general correction of the <ȝ> to <y>. I courb.ed on m.y knees . and criede .......hire of grace

And saide mercy ma-dame . for marie loue of heuene .

Þat bar þat blisseful barn . þat bouȝte vs on þe rode

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Kenne me by somme crafte  to knowen þe fals .

Loke vppon .....thy lefte half . and lo where he stondeth

Boþe fauel and falsM.2.6: M reverses the order of the names found in the other B manuscripts. . and here feres manye

M.2.7KD.2.7I loked on my lifte half. as þe lady me tauȝte . 
                  
#primam apparicionem mede
M.2.8KD.2.8And was war of a ..womman . worth.ily y-clothede
M.2.9KD.2.9Purfiled with pelure . þe finest vpon erthe . 
                  
M.2.10KD.2.10Y-crouned with a croune  þe kynge haþ non bett..re
M.2.11KD.2.11Fetislich hire fyngres weren  fretted with g.old wyre
M.2.12KD.2.12And þere-on rede rubies  as red as any glede
                  
M.2.13KD.2.13And diamauntz of derreste pris  and double manere sa......phires
M.2.14KD.2.14Orientales and ewages . venymes to destr.uye
                  

M.2.15KD.2.15H...ir robe was ful riche . of red skarlete engreyned
                  
M.2.16KD.2.16With ribanes of rede golded . and of riche ston..es
M.2.17KD.2.17Hire arra..y me rauysshede . suche richesse saw I neuere
                  
M.2.18KD.2.18I ...?...hadde wonder what she was . and whas w.yf she were .

What is þis womman quod I  so wondurlyM.2.19: M's reading of wondurly is not attested among other B manuscripts, most of which read worþili. atyrede

M.2.20KD.2.20That is mede þe mayden quod she  haþ noiede me ful ofte
                  
M.2.21KD.2.21And ylakked my lemman  þat leaute is hoten . 
M.2.22KD.2.22And bilowen hire to lord..es . þat lawes han to kepe . 
                  
M.2.23KD.2.23In þe popes Palais . she is priue as my-selue
                  
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M.2.24KD.2.24But sothnesse wolde nouȝt so  for she is a basta..erd

For fals was hire fadur  þat ha.þM.2.25: In place of M's corrected haþ, YOC2 read hadde. a fikul tonge

And neuere soth saide  sith he come to þeM.2.26: M is the only B manuscript to include þe at this point. erþe

M.2.27KD.2.27And Mede is manered aftur hym . riȝte as kynde askeþ
                  
M.2.28KD.2.27αQualis pater talis filius . bonus arbor bonum fructum facit .
M.2.29KD.2.28I auȝte to ben heiȝer þan she . I cam of a bett..re

M.2.30KD.2.29My fad..er þe grete god is . & grounde of alle graces . 
                  
M.2.31KD.2.30O god wyth-outen gynnynge . and I his goode douȝtur
                  
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M.2.32KD.2.31And haþ ȝyoue meM.2.32: M's orginal omission of me agreed with G. mercy . to marye with my-selue
                  
M.2.33KD.2.32And what man be merciful . and lelly me lou..ye
M.2.34KD.2.33Shal be my lord and I his leef  in þe heiȝe heuene . 

M.2.35KD.2.34And what man takeþ mede  my lif dar I laye
M.2.36KD.2.35Þat he shal lese for hire loue  a lappe of caritatis
M.2.37KD.2.36How construeth kynge dauydM.2.37: M's reading of kyng dauyd is not shared by other B manuscripts, which except for F read Dauid þe kyng. . of men þat take mede
                  
M.2.38KD.2.37And men of þis moolde . þat mainteigneth truthe . 
M.2.39KD.2.38And how ȝye shal saue ȝyoure-selue . þe sauter bereth w..ytnesse . 
                  
M.2.40KD.2.39Domine quis habitabit in tabernaculo tuo . & cetera .

And now worth þis mede y-mariede . al toM.2.41: The original reading alto is in line with YOC2L. The corrected reading is shared with GFH, whereas WHmCr have vnto. a mansede shrewe .

# maritage medis

To o..on fals fik..el tonge . a fend......es biyete .

Fauel þourȝe his faire speche  haþ þis folk enchaunt..ed

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And al is lieres ledynge  þat she is þus y-weddud .

M.2.45KD.2.44To-morwe worthe y-made  þe maydoen.es brydale
                  
M.2.46KD.2.45And þere miȝte þow wyte ȝif þou wolt . .whiche þei ben alle . 
                  
M.2.47KD.2.46Þat longeth to þat lordshipe  þe lasse and þe more . 
M.2.48KD.2.47Knowe hem þere ȝif þou kanst . and kepe ...þou þiM.2.48: M's altered reading þou þi agrees with WHmCrGMH. YOC2F read wel þi; CLR read thy. tonge
                  
M.2.49KD.2.48And lakke hem nouȝt . but lat hem worthe . til leawte be iustice . 
                  
M.2.50KD.2.49And haue power to punissh hem . þanne put forþe þi resoun

Now I bikenne þe Crist quod she  and his clene mod.er

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And late no conscience acombre þe  for couetise of mede .

M.2.53KD.2.52Thus lefte me þat lady . liggynge a-slepe . 
                  
M.2.54KD.2.53And how mede was y-mariede . in meteles me þouȝte . 
                  
M.2.55KD.2.54Þat alle þe riche retenaunce  þat regneth with þe fals
                  
M.2.56KD.2.55Weren boden to þe bridale . on boþe two sid.es 

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# thassemble at medis mariage
M.2.57KD.2.56Of alle manere of men . þe mene and þe riche
                  
M.2.58KD.2.57To marie þis ma...yden . was many man assemblede
M.2.59KD.2.58As of kniȝtes and clerkes . and oþur comune p.eple
                  
M.2.60KD.2.59As sisours and sompnours . shereues and hire clerkes
M.2.61KD.2.60Bedelles and Bailliues . and Brokours of chaffaresM.2.61: M alone of the B manuscripts has the plural form of the word. .
                  
M.2.62KD.2.61Forg.....oeris and vitaillers . and vocates of þe arche.s
M.2.63KD.2.62I can not rekkenen þe route . þat ran aboute Mede . 

M.2.64KD.2.63Ac symonye and Cyuile . and sisours of courtes
M.2.65KD.2.64Were mo...ost priue with Mede  of any men asM.2.65: M alone among B manuscripts includes as at this point. me thouȝte
                  
M.2.66KD.2.65Ac Fauel was þe furste  þat fet here oute of boure
                  
M.2.67KD.2.66And as a brokurour brouȝte hire . to be with fals enioynede . 
                  
M.2.68KD.2.67Whanne symonye and Cyuyle  seiȝ hire boþere wille . 
                  
M.2.69KD.2.68Thei assented for siluer . to saie as boþe wolde
M.2.70KD.2.69Thanne leep liere forth . and saide lo here a chartre
M.2.71KD.2.70Þat Gile with his grete othes . gaf hem to-gedre . 
                  
M.2.72KD.2.71And preide Cyuile to see . and Symonie to rede it
M.2.73KD.2.72Þanne symonye and Cyuile . stoden forth bothe . 
M.2.74KD.2.73A.....nd vnfolden þe Feffement . þat fals ha.þ y-makede
M.2.75KD.2.74And þus bigynnen þes gomes . to greden ful heiȝe
M.2.76KD.2.74αSciant presentes .& futuri & cetera .

Medis Fefment
M.2.77KD.2.75Witeth and wittenesseth . þat wonieth vpon þis erþe
M.2.78KD.2.76Þat Mede is y-maried . more for hire good..es
M.2.79KD.2.77.....Than for any vertue or fairenesse . or for any free kynde . 
                  
M.2.80KD.2.78Falsenesse is fain of hire . for he wot hire riche
M.2.81KD.2.79And fauel with his fikel speche . feffeth by þis chartre
M.2.82KD.2.80To be withM.2.82: The inserted with is not attested in any other B manuscript. princes in pride . and pouerte to despise
                  
M.2.83KD.2.81To bakbyteM.2.83: M shares the reading bakbyte with H; all other B manuscripts read bakbyte and. : to boosten . and beren fals witytnesse
                  
M.2.84KD.2.82To scorne and to scoolde . and sclaundre to make
M.2.85KD.2.83Vnbuxome : and bolde : to breke þe ten heestus . 

M.2.86KD.2.84And þerldome of enuye . and wrath to-gedres . 
                  
M.2.87KD.2.85With þe chastlete of cheste  and chatering out of resoun
                  
M.2.88KD.2.86Þe countee of Coueityse . and alle þe coo...stes aboute
                  
M.2.89KD.2.87That is vsure and Auarice . alle I hem graunte . 
+ burgh
M.2.90KD.2.88In bargaines and in brocages . with alle þe b....urgh of thefte . 
                  

And alle þe lordshipe of lecherie . in lengthe and in brede

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As in werkes and in word.es . and waitinges with eiȝes .

And in wed..es and ..wysshinges . and with .idel thouȝt.es .

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There as wille wolde . and wer...?...kmanship failleth

Glotonye he gaf hem eke . and grete othus to-gedre

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And alle day to drinke . at diuerse tauernes

And þere to iangle and to iape  and iuggen here euene-cristene .

And in fastinge-days to frete . ar ful tyme were .

And þanne to sitten and soupen  til slepe h.emM.2.99: M's revised reading is that of all B manuscripts except F which has hym. assaille .

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And bred.en as burgh swyn . and bedden hem esily

Til sleuthe and sle..ep . sliken hi.rM.2.101: M's alteration of the word to hir brings it into agreement with HmCrYH. Other B manuscripts have hise. sides

And þanne ..wanhope to awake hym so  with no wille to amende

nota

For he leueth b.e l.ostM.2.103: M's revised reading is that of most B manuscripts except Cr which has by lust. . þis is here laste ende .

M.2.104KD.2.102And þei to haue and to holde . and h..ir heires a...fter
                  
M.2.105KD.2.103A dwellinge with þe deuel  and dampned be for euere
                  
M.2.106KD.2.104With alle þe purteinaunce of purgatorie . in-to þe pyne of helle . 
                  
M.2.107KD.2.105ȜYeldinge for þis þinge . at on ȝyeres eende
                  
M.2.108KD.2.106Here soules to s...?...athan . to suffre with hym paines . 
                  
M.2.109KD.2.107And with hym to wonye in wo  whil god is in heuene .

M.2.110KD.2.108In wittnesse of w....hich þinge  wronge was þe furste . 
                  
M.2.111KD.2.109And Piers þe Pardonere . of Paulines doctrine
                  
M.2.112KD.2.110Bette þe Bedelle . of Bokyngham shire . 
                  
M.2.113KD.2.111Raynalde þe Reue . of Rotlande sokene
M.2.114KD.2.112Munde þe Mellere  and many mo othere
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M.2.115KD.2.113In þe date of þe deuel . þis dede I assele . 
M.2.116KD.2.114Bi siȝte of sire Symonye . and Ciuiles leue . 

# Irascebatur theologia

Thanne tened hym Theologie . whan he þis tale herde

And saide to Cyuyle . now sorwe moot þow haue .

Suche weddinges to worche . to wratthe with truthe

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And er þis weddynge be wrouȝte  wo þe bitideM.2.120: first vowel is damaged by a wormhole.

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M.2.121KD.2.119For mede is m.....oliree of amendes engendred
                  
M.2.122KD.2.120And god graunteth to ...gyue  mede to truthe
                  
M.2.123KD.2.121And þow hast ....giuen hire to a gilour  now god ȝyeue þe sorwe
                  
M.2.124KD.2.122Thi tixte telleþ þe not so . truthe wot þe soþe . 
M.2.125KD.2.123For dignus est operarius . his hire to haue . 
                  
M.2.126KD.2.124And þou hast. feste hire to fals . fy on thi lawe . 
                  
M.2.127KD.2.125For al by lesinges þou l.yuest . and leccherouse werkes . 
                  
M.2.128KD.2.126Symonye and þi-self . shenden holichurche
                  
M.2.129KD.2.127Þe notaries and ȝye . noieth þe p.eple
                  
M.2.130KD.2.128Ȝe shul abiggen it boþe . by god þat me made .

Wel ȝe wyten wernardus

examinatur

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M.2.131KD.2.129¶M.2.131: The <//> is to indicate that a paraph should be rubricated. See Introduction I.7. Wel ȝye wyten wernardes . but ȝif ȝyoure witte faille
                  
M.2.132KD.2.130That fals is faitheles . and fikul in his werkes
M.2.133KD.2.131And was a bastarde ybore . of belsabubbes kynne . 
                  
M.2.134KD.2.132And mede is moylere . a mayden of gode . 
M.2.135KD.2.133And miȝte kysse þe kynge . for cosin and she wolde
                  

M.2.136KD.2.134For-þi worcheþ bi wisdome . and by witte also
                  
M.2.137KD.2.135And ledeth here to londoun . þere þeM.2.137: M shares the reading þe with H. Other B manuscripts omit. lawe is shew..ed
M.2.138KD.2.136If any lawe wol loke  þei liggen to-gedres . 
                  
M.2.139KD.2.137And þouȝ Iustices iugge hire  to be ioyned with fals
M.2.140KD.2.138ȜYet be war of weddynge . for witty is truthe . 
                  
M.2.141KD.2.139And conscience is of his conseille . and knoweth ȝyow echone
                  
Notate verba
M.2.142KD.2.140And ȝif he fynde ȝyow in defaute . and with þe fals holde
                  
M.2.143KD.2.141It shal bisitte ȝyoure soules . ful soure atte laste . 
                  

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¶M.2.144: The scribe did not fill the space left for a capital letter but instead wrote an indication for a paragraph mark which was never inserted.Herto assent.ede Cyuyle . ac symonye ne wolde

Til he had siluer for his seruice . and also þe Notaries .

M.2.146KD.2.144Thanne fette fauel forth . flo..ryns y-nowe . 
                  
M.2.147KD.2.145And bad gile to geue . golde alabouteal aboute . 
                  
M.2.148KD.2.146And namelich to þe Notaries  þat hem none faille
                  
M.2.149KD.2.147And feffe fals wittnessesM.2.149: M shares the plural form wittnesses with W. See Introduction IV.2.2.4. . with Floruyns y-nowe . 
                  
M.2.150KD.2.148For ..theyM.2.150: M's altered reading agrees with WHmCrGYOC2CH. LRF read he. may mede amaistrye  and maken at my wille /

M.2.151KD.2.149Tho þis gold was g.yue  grete was þe þonkynge
                  
M.2.152KD.2.150To fals and to fauel . for here faire ȝyiftes
                  
M.2.153KD.2.151And comen to conforte . from care þe fals . 
M.2.154KD.2.152And saiden certes sire . cesse shal we neuere . 
M.2.155KD.2.153Til mede be þi wedded wif . þoruw witt..es of vs alle
                  
M.2.156KD.2.154For we haue mede amaistriede . with oure merie speche
M.2.157KD.2.155That she graunteþ to gon . with a gode wille . 
M.2.158KD.2.156To londoun to loke . ȝif þat þe lawe wolde
                  
M.2.159KD.2.157Iuggen ȝyow ioyntly . in ioye for euere . 
                  

M.2.160KD.2.158Thanne was fals.enesse fayne . and fauel as blithe
                  
M.2.161KD.2.159And leten sompne alle segges . in shyres aboute
M.2.162KD.2.160And badeM.2.162: M alone omits the word hem at this point. alle ben boun  beggers and othere
                  
M.2.163KD.2.161To wende with hem to westmynstre  to w..itnesse þis dede

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Ac þanne carede þei for capl..es . to kayren hem þidur .

And fauel fette forth þanne . fol..es ynowe .

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And sette mede vpon a shyreue . ......shood al newe

And fals sat on a sisour . þat softely trotted

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And fauel on a flaterere . fetisliche attirede

Tho h....ad þeM.2.169: M uniquely reads þe at this point, though the reading is shared with two A manuscripts. notaries none . annoyede thei were .

For Symonye .. & Cyuyle  shulde on here feet gange

M.2.171KD.2.169Ac þanne swo..or Symonye . ..and Cyuyle bothe
                  
M.2.172KD.2.170That sompnours shulde be sadlede . and seruen hem .echone . 
                  
M.2.173KD.2.171And lat apparaille þes prouisours . in palfrays wise . 
M.2.174KD.2.172Sire Symonye hym-seluen . shal sitte vpon hire bakkes

M.2.175KD.2.173Denes and sudbdenes . drawe ȝyow to-gaydres
                  
M.2.176KD.2.174Erchedekenes and Officiales . and alle ȝyoure Registrers . 
                  
M.2.177KD.2.175Lat sadle hem with siluer . owre synne to suffre
M.2.178KD.2.176As auoutrie and ...?...deuorses . and derne vsurye
                  
M.2.179KD.2.177To bere bisshopes aboute . abr...ood in visitinge .

M.2.180KD.2.178...?...PaynlesM.2.180: M's reading of Paynles is not shared by other B manuscripts, which read Paulynes. prives . for plei....ntes in þe consistorie
                  
M.2.181KD.2.179Shullen seruen my-selue . þat Ciuyle is nempned
                  
M.2.182KD.2.180And carte-sad..le oure Comm.issar..ie  oure carte shal he lede
                  
M.2.183KD.2.181And fecchen vs vit....ailes  at Fornicatores  .

M.2.184KD.2.182And makeþ of liere a longe carte . to leden alle þes oþ.ere
                  
M.2.185KD.2.183As Freres and fauytours  þat on hire fete rennen
                  
M.2.186KD.2.184And þus fals and fauel . farethM.2.186: All other B manuscripts except for H have forþ after fareth. to-gidres
M.2.187KD.2.185And Mede in þe mydd..es . and alle þes oþere aft.er .

M.2.188KD.2.186I haue no tome to telle . þe ta..yle ...þat hem folwȝ..edM.2.188: M's altered reading folwed agrees with WH. All other B manuscripts record present tense.
M.2.189KD.2.187Of many manere of m.enM.2.189: Among B manuscripts only MH read of men, though it is the A text reading. Cr23 have men; other B manuscripts have man. In M the vowel of men has been altered. . þat on þis moolde libbeth
                  
M.2.190KD.2.188Ac gile was forgo..ere  and giede hem alle
                  

M.2.191KD.2.189Sothnesse seiȝ hym wel  and saide but litul
M.2.192KD.2.190And priked his palfray . and passede hem alle . 
M.2.193KD.2.191And come to þe kyngges court.  &  connscience it tolde . 
                  
M.2.194KD.2.192And connscience to þe kynge . carped it after
                  

# quo modo Rex Iurauit punicionem maleffactorum

Now bi crist quod þe kynge . and I cacche myȝte

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Fals o.r fauel . or any of his feeres

I wolde be wroken of þo wrecches . þat wercheþ so ille

And don hem hange by þe hals . and alle þat hem mainteneth .

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Shal neuere man of þisM.2.199: M's original reading without þis is shared by HmYOC2CLRFH. molde . mainprise the leeste

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But riȝte as þe lawe wol loke . lat falle on hem alle .

M.2.201KD.2.199And comaunded a conestable . þat come atte fuyrste
                  
M.2.202KD.2.200To attache þo tirauntes . for eny þin.ge I hote
                  
M.2.203KD.2.201And fettereth faste falsnesse . for enykynnes ȝyift..es
M.2.204KD.2.202And gurdeth of giles hed . and lat hym go no ferthere
M.2.205KD.2.206And ȝif ȝye lacche liereeM.2.205: It appears here that a letter, perhaps <-e>, has been erased to make space for a punctus, and the curl then added to final
                              <r>. See Introduction III.1. . lat hym nouȝt ascapen
                  
M.2.206KD.2.207Er he be putte on þe piloriey . for any-þingeM.2.206: M's reading of any-þing, an echo from M.2.202, is not shared by other B manuscripts, most of which read any prayere. I hoote
                  
M.2.207KD.2.203And bringeþ mede to me . maugre hem alle . 
                  

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Drede at þe dore stoode . and þe doome herde

# drede stetit ad hostium & audiuit mandatum Regis

And how þe kyng comaunded . constables and seriauntz

Falsenesse and his felash.ipe . to fettren .. & to bynden

Þanne drede wente ...?...wiȝtliche . and warned þe fals

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And bad hym flee for feere  and his felawes alle .

M.2.213KD.2.213¶ Falsenesse for fere þanneM.2.213: M's original reading without þanne is shared by HmHm2GF. . fledde to þe Freres
                  
M.2.214KD.2.214And gile doþ him to go . agast for to dye
M.2.215KD.2.215Ac marchauntz mette with hym . and made him abide
M.2.216KD.2.216And bishetten hym in here sho..p . to shewen hire ware . 
                  
M.2.217KD.2.217And apparailled hym a...?...s aprentice . þe p.eple to serue . 
                  

M.2.218KD.2.218Liȝtlich lier . leep a-way þanne . 
                  
M.2.219KD.2.219Lorkyng thorȝw lanes . to beM.2.219: The addition of be, in an unfamiliar hand and ink, brings M into agreement with Cr1. lugged of manye
                  
M.2.220KD.2.220He was ...?...nawher welcome  for his manye tales . 
                  
M.2.221KD.2.221Ouer-al yhowted . and yhote trusse
                  
M.2.222KD.2.222Til pardoners ha...dde pite . and pulled hym to house
                  
M.2.223KD.2.223Thei wesshen hym and wipped hym  and wounden hym in cloutes
M.2.224KD.2.224And senten hym with seles  on sondays to churches . 
                  
# pardoun For pens & powndmele & cetera
M.2.225KD.2.225And gaf pardoun for pens  poundmele a-boute

M.2.226KD.2.226Þanne loured leches . and lettres þei sente
M.2.227KD.2.227Þat he shulde wonye with hem . wateres to loke
M.2.228KD.2.228Spicers spoke with hym . to spien here ware . 
M.2.229KD.2.229For he couthe of hire crafte . and knew many gommes
                  

Ac mynstrals and messagers . mette with hym ones

And helden hym an half ....yeer and elleuen daies .

M.2.232KD.2.232

Freres with faire speche . fetten hym þennes

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And for knowynge of comers . coped hym as a Frere

Ac he hath leue to lepe out . as ofte as him liketh

And is welcome whanne he .....wille  and woneth with hem ofte

M.2.236KD.2.236Alle fledden for fere . and flowen in-to hernes
                  
M.2.237KD.2.237Saue mede þe mayden . namo durste abide
M.2.238KD.2.238Ac truly to telle  she tremblede for drede
M.2.239KD.2.239And ek wepte and wronge  whanne she was atachede ~
                  