And when the knight saw verily all this, That she so fair was, and so young thereto, For joy he hent 2136 her in his armës two: His heartë bathed in a bath of bliss, A thousand times on row 2137 he gan her kiss: And she obeyed him in every thing That mightë do him pleasance or liking. And thus they live unto their livës’ end In perfect joy; and Jesus Christ us send Husbandës meek and young, and fresh in bed, And grace to overlive them that we wed. And eke I pray Jesus to short their lives, That will not be govérned by their wives. And old and angry niggards of dispence, 2138 God send them soon a very pestilence!