[524: T. 15938-15972.]
Han noght our mighty princes to me yeven, 470
Ye, bothe power and auctoritee
To maken folk to dyen or to liven?
Why spekestow so proudly than to me?’
‘I speke noght but stedfastly,’ quod she,
‘Nat proudly, for I seye, as for my syde, 475
We haten deedly thilke vyce of pryde.