“Have not our mighty princes to me given Yea bothë power and eke authority To makë folk to dien or to liven? Why speakest thou so proudly then to me?” “I speakë not but steadfastly,” quoth she, Not proudly, for I say, as for my side, We hatë deadly 4578 thilkë vice of pride.

“And, if thou dreadë not a sooth 4579 to hear, Then will I shew all openly by right, That thou hast made a full great leasing 4580 here. Thou say’st thy princes have thee given might Both for to slay and for to quick 4581 a wight⁠— Thou that may’st not but only life bereave; Thou hast none other power nor no leave.