And would have proved it, as should a knight, And eke by witnessing of many a wight, That all was false that said his adversary, This cursed 3459 judgë would no longer tarry, Nor hear a word more of Virginius, But gave his judgëment, and saidë thus: “I deem 3460 anon this clerk his servant have; Thou shalt no longer in thy house her save. Go, bring her forth, and put her in our ward; The clerk shall have his thrall: thus I award.”