This philosópher soberly 3408 answér’d, And saidë thus, when he these wordës heard; “Have I not holden covenant to thee?” “Yes, certes, well and truëly,” quoth he. “Hast thou not had thy lady as thee liked?” “No, no,” quoth he, and sorrowfully siked. 3409 “What was the causë? tell me if thou can.” Aurelius his tale anon began, And told him all as ye have heard before, It needeth not to you rehearse it more. He said, “Arviragus of gentleness Had lever 3410 die in sorrow and distress, Than that his wife were of her trothë false.” The sorrow of Dorigen he told him als’, 3411 How loth her was to be a wicked wife, And that she lever had lost that day her life; And that her troth she swore through innocénce; She ne’er erst