‘Madame,’ he seyde, ‘ye mote foryeve it me, (470)
Thogh I do thing to which I am constreyned;
Ye ben so wys that ful wel knowe ye
That lordes hestes mowe nat been y-feyned;
They mowe wel been biwailled or compleyned, 530
But men mot nede un-to her lust obeye,
And so wol I; ther is na-more to seye.