As many a woman ca{n)}." 270
"I'll prove that The stuard þought "by godes mygħt,
this very night," That schal̴l̴ I preue thys same nygħt
says the steward, Whether þou blys or banne," 273
gets plenty of And in to hys chambyr he gan gone,
money, and goes And toke tresure fulÌ´lÌ´ good wone,
off And forth he spedde hem tha{n)}. AND 276
Butt he ne stynt att no stone THINKS
to the wright's Tyl̴l̴ he vn-to þe wryghtes hows come HE HAS
house, That ylke same nygħt. SUCCEEDED 279
He mett the wyfe amydde the gate, SO WELL.
takes her round Abowte þe necke he gan her take,
the neck, And seyd "my dere wyght, 282
[leaf 182] Al̴l̴ the good þat ys myne
and offers her all I wylÌ´lÌ´ the geue to be thyne
he has, to lie by To lye by the alÌ´lÌ´ nyght." 285
her that night. Sche seyd, "syr, lett be thy fare,
She refuses, My husbond wolle wete wyth-owty{n)} mare
And I hym dyd that vnrygħt; 288
I would nott he myght yt wete
For alÌ´lÌ´ the good that I myght gete,
So Ih_esus_[5] mutt me spede 291
as her husband For, and eny man lay me by,
would be sure to My husbond would yt wete truly,
know of it. It ys wythowtyn eny drede." 294
The steward urges The stuard seyd "for hym þat ys wrought,
her again, There-of, dame, drede the nogħt
Wyth me to do that dede; 297
and offers her 20 Haue here of me xx marke
marks. Of gold and syluer styf and starke,