Virginius came to weet 3455 the judgë’s will, And right anon was read this cursed bill; The sentence of it was as ye shall hear: “To you, my lord, Sir Appius so clear, Sheweth your poorë servant Claudius, How that a knight callëd Virginius, Against the law, against all equity, Holdeth, express against the will of me, My servant, which that is my thrall 3456 by right, Which from my house was stolen on a night, While that she was full young; I will it preve 3457 By witness, lord, so that it you not grieve; 3458 She is his daughter not, what so he say. Wherefore to you, my lord the judge, I pray, Yield me my thrall, if that it be your will.” Lo, this was all the sentence of the bill. Virginius gan upon the clerk behold; But hastily, ere he his talë told,