Men taghte hym sonë to hem weyl; [tawtyn hym soone with wil D.]
he come and toke þere hys osteyl. [O. gloss 'herborue.']
"wymmen," he seyde, "y wyl [wyle O.] me reste
yn ȝoure Ine [yn O, hous & ben ȝoure gest D.] as [O. omits 'as.'] a nyȝtys geste."
Line 1940
"Syr," þey seyde, "we graunte hyt þe [folio 13b:2]
Ȝyf þou hyt aske pur [for D.] charyte."
To a chambre þey hym broghte; [broght O.]
þan [& þo D.] hys erende forȝate he noughte. [noght O.]
Line 1944
10he madë [O. inserts 'hem.'] boþë by hym sytte,
And seyde, "y am come, at ȝow to wytte10 [10_10 om. D.] , [wete O.]
yn what manere ȝe lede [qwat maner lede ȝe D.] ȝoure lyuys
yn holynes, and byþ here [ȝe arn D.] wyuys:
Line 1948
Forheleþ hyt nat, [for ellis not D.] y ȝow forbede,
how þat ȝe ȝoure [ȝour O.] lyuys lede;
Þarfore, y am come [I cam D.] to þys cyte,
And haue trauayled many a iurne." [many Iourne D.]
Line 1952
Þes wymmen answered al at gesse [O. gloss. 'hap'; ansuerden D.]
"Syr, we knowe no [noun O, knowyn non D.] holynesse,
But whan oure husbandys byþ [ben D.] vs by
Þan beþ we yn loue ryȝtly, [ar . . loue all ryȝtfully D.]
Line 1956
And yn parfyte charyte
whan [qwhan D.] oure husbandys with vs be;
Þys ys moste of ourë lyuys,
And euer haþ be, syþ [syn O.] we were wyuys."
"y beseche [beseke D.] ȝow, on my blessyng,
Line 1961
Þat ȝe forhele fro me [forhile for D.] no þyng." [þynge O.]
Þe toon [þat oon D.] answered to seynt Makayre [macare O, machure D.]
"To twey breþryn we weddyd are
Line 1964
A-passyd be [And passyde byþ O, & passid arn D.] twenty ȝere
Þat we to-gedyr [gedere OD.] haue lyuyd here,
