she is faithless. Or tolle eny man to lye her by, ROSE GARLAND
Than wolle yt change hewe, WITH HIS WIFE. 63
And by the garlond þou may see,
Fekyl̴l̴ or fals yf þat sche be,
Or ellys yf sche be trewe." 66
The wright is Of thys chaplett hym was fulÌ´lÌ´ fayne,
delighted with his And of hys wyfe, was nott to layne;
garland and wife, He weddyd her fulÌ´lÌ´ sone, 69
marries her and And ladde her home wyth solempnite,
takes her home; And hyld her brydalÌ´lÌ´ dayes thre.
Whan they home come, 72
and then begins to Thys wryght in hys hart cast,
think that when he If that he walkyd est or west
is out at work As he was wonte to done, 75
men will try to "My wyfe þat ys so bryght of ble,
corrupt his wife. Men wolle desyre her̛ fro me,
And þat hastly and sone;" 78
So he plans a Butt sone he hym byþought
crafty room and That a chambyr schuld be wrought
tower, Bothe of lyme and stone, 81
Wyth wallys strong as eny stele,
And dorres sotylly made and wele,
He owte framyd yt sone; 84
and builds it soon The chambyr he lett make fast,
with plaster of Wyth plast_er_ of parys þ_a_t wyl̴l̴ last,
Paris, Such ous know I neu_er_ none; 87
which no one could Ther ys [ne] kyng ne emp_er_oure,
ever get out of if And he were lockyn in þat towre,
he once got into That cowde gete owte of þat wonne. 90
it, Nowe hath he done as he þought,