“That ye so long, of your benignity, Have holden me in honour and nobley, 2629 Where as I was not worthy for to be, That thank I God and you, to whom I pray Foryield 2630 it you; there is no more to say: Unto my father gladly will I wend, 2631 And with him dwell, unto my lifë’s end,

“Where I was foster’d as a child full small, Till I be dead my life there will I lead, A widow clean in body, heart, and all. For since I gave to you my maidenhead, And am your truë wife, it is no dread, 2632 God shieldë 2633 such a lordë’s wife to take Another man to husband or to make. 2634