Against 2652 his daughter hastily went he (For he by noise of folk knew her coming), And with her oldë coat, as it might be, He cover’d her, full sorrowfully weepíng: But on her body might he it not bring, 2653 For rudë was the cloth, and more of age By dayës fele 2654 than at her marriáge.

Thus with her father for a certain space Dwelled this flow’r of wifely patience, That neither by her words nor by her face, Before the folk nor eke in their absence, Ne shewed she that her was done offence, Nor of her high estate no rémembránce Ne haddë she, as by 2655 her countenance.