‘I deme anon this cherl his servant have;
Thou shalt no lenger in thyn hous hir save. 200
Go bring hir forth, and put hir in our warde,
The cherl shal have his thral, this I awarde.’
199, 202. E. Hn. Cm. cherl; rest clerk.
[296: T. 12137-12173.]
And whan this worthy knight Virginius,
Thurgh sentence of this Iustice Apius,
Moste by force his dere doghter yiven 205
Un-to the Iuge, in lecherye to liven,
He gooth him hoom, and sette him in his halle,
And leet anon his dere doghter calle,
And, with a face deed as asshen colde,
Upon hir humble face he gan biholde, 210
With fadres pitee stiking thurgh his herte,
Al wolde he from his purpos nat converte.