wyfe
/
but
cruelly
and
fyersly
answere
vnto
her
.
False
strompet
dyshordynate
of
as
moche
as
thou
arte
with
chylde
I
ought
lytell
to
reioyse
me
/
for
I
am
so
moche
enformed
of
thy
gouernement
that
I
haue
nothyng
/
and
that
dysloyally
thou
haste
habandoned
thyselfe
vnto
other
than
me
.
Whan
they
sawe
that
the
Emperour
wolde
not
refrayne
hym
nor
appese
his
Ire
for
nothynge
/
by
a
comyn
accorde
they
toke
her
and
ledde
her
in
to
a
chambre
.
And
the
moost
amyably
that
they
myght
helde
her
with
wordes
in
shewynge
vnto
her
her
grete
faute
/
and
the
sorowful
lady
was
dysorned
in
the
chambre
that
hadde
her
face
dysteyned
with
bloode
.
The
ladyes
that
were
next
her
persone
brought
her
fayre
water
to
wasshe
her
withall
.
And
at
that
houre
entred
in
to
her
chambre
her
squyer
named
Blandymayn
.
And
whan
he
sawe
her
in
suche
estate
/
he
wepte
for
pyte
/
and
sayd
vnto
her
.
Ha
madame
I
se
well
that
you
are
falsly
betrayed
.
I
beseche
god
that
cursed
be
the
persone
that
hathe
purchased
you
this
euyll
.
For
god
my
ryght
dere
lady
take
a
lytell
comforte
vnto
you
.
And
yf
you
wyll
by
leue
me
I
shall
lede
you
in
to
Fraunce
agayne
towarde
the
kynge
Pepyn
your
broder
/
the
whiche
gaue
me
vnto
you
for
to
serue
you
in
your
necessytees
/
the
whiche
thynge
I
wolde
do
after
my
puyssaunce
.
Byleue
my
counsayll
and
we
shall
retorne
in
to
Fraunce
agayne
.
/
For
you
maye
be
sure
that
the
Emperoure
shall
make
you
dye
shortly
with
grete
shame
and
dishonour
.
Then
answered
the
dolorous
lady
.
Ha
Blandymain
my
frende
it
sholde
be
to
me
to
shamefull
and
dyshonest
for
to
go
in
suche
maner
without
other
delyberacyon
.
And
it
myght
be
byleued
lyghtly
that
the
Emperour
had
goode
cause
/
and
that
I
were
culpable
of
the
dede
.
Wherfore
I
had
leuer
deye
an
euyll
dethe
/
than
for
to
recouer
blame
for
a
thynge
that
I
am
innocent
of
/
&
accused
with
out
cause
.
After
these
thynges
thus
sayd
/
the
Emperour
that
was
with
the
barons
a
lytell
moderate
and
satysfyed
of
his
Ire
/
he
sente
for
his
wyfe
Bellyssant
/
the
whiche
was
brought
before
hym
quyckely
.
Whan
he
sawe
her
his
herte
trembled
for
sorowe
for
this
that
he
durst
not
put
her
to
dethe
/
bycause
of
her
broder
kynge
Pepyn
/
and
his
puyssaunce
.
With
tude
wordes
he
sayd
to
her
.
False
and
cursed
woman
by
the
is
myn
honour
vyturped
Wherfore
I
swere
god
that
and
it
were
not
for
thy
broders
sake
/
the
valyaunt
kynge
Pepyn
/
I
sholde
make
the
to
be
brente
in
a
fyre
/
out
for
his
sake
thy
lyfe
shall
be
prolonged
at
this
present
tyme
.
Now
I
do
the
to
wyte
that
from
this
houre
I
banysshe
the
/
&
expulse
the
from
my
countree
and
Empyre
/
in
commaundynge
the
expresly
that
to
morowe
thou
departe
out
of
this
cyte
/
for
yf
I
se
the
ony
more
/
thou
shall
neuer
haue
respyte
tyll
thou
haue
suffred
dethe
.
And
yet
I
commaunde
all
them
of
my
countre
/
that
there
be
none
so
hardy
of
them
to
accompany
you
/
or
conueye
/
saue
alonely
your
squyer
Blandymayn
that
you
brought
out
of
Fraunce
with
you
.
Go
where
as
you
wyll
goo
at
your
auenture
/
for
thou
shall
neuer
slepe
by
my
syde
/
nor
in
my
bedde
/
Soone
after
the
commaundement
of
the
Emperoure
that
was
shorte
and
sodayne
/
without
soiourne
or
delacyon
/
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
/
and
her
squyer
Blandymayn
mounted
on
horsbacke
and
came
in
to
the
Cyte
.
Where
as
was
shedde
ful
many
a
tere
/
bothe
of
lordes
and
ladyes
/
knyghtes
/
and
squyers
/
with
all
the
comin
people
/
the
whiche
cryed
and
sorowed
out
of
mesure
/
for
they
made
suche
lamentacyons
that
there
was
neuer
sene
/
nor
herde
so
pyteous
a
thynge
.
Euery
body
ranne
vnto
the
gate
/
for
to
commaunde
the
good
lady
vnto
god
that
by
the
false
Archebysshoppe
was
so
pyteously
banysshed
.
And
at
the
yssue
of
the
gate
they
made
the
pytefullest
crye
that
euer
was
herde
.
Nowe
gothe
Blandymayn
that
conduyteth
the
sorowfull
lady
Bellyssant
/
And
hathe
taken
the
way
to
go
towarde
the
realme
of
Fraunce
.
Whan
the
lady
was
oute
of
the
walles
of
the
cyte
/
and
that
she
sawe
herselfe
in
the
feldes
pyteously
aourned
/
lyke
a
woman
shamed
and
dyshonoured
/
she
wayled
bytterly
.
For
she
consydered
the
lygnage
/
and
the
bloode
ryall
that
she
was
yssued
out
of
/
the
ryght
hyghe
magnyfycence
imperyall
that
she
had
ben
put
in
.
And
after
thought
on
the
myserable
and
dolorous
fortune
that
was
torned
vpon
her
so
sodaynly
/
she
sayd
.
Alas
alas
wherfore
taryeth
dethe
that
he
wyll
not
come
&
abredge
my
lyfe
/
and
fynisshe
my
dolours
and
anguysshes
/
Alas
I
was
borne
in
an
vnhappy
houre
for
to
suffre
suche
payne
/
and
for
to
fall
from
so
hye
estate
vnto
suche
pouerte
/
for
of
all
the
vnhappyes
I
am
the
moost
vnhappyest
.
Now
is
al
my
ioyes
transmued
in
to
dystres
my
laughynges
chaunged
in
to
wepynges
/
my
songes
conuerted
in
to
syghes
.
In
the
stede
of
the
clothe
of
golde
that
I
was
wonte
for
to
were
/
I
am
as
a
woman
publyke
ful
of
iniuryes
and
vytupere
commytted
&
aourned
.
And
of
precyous
stones
of
inestymable
valour
/
on
all
sydes
I
must
the
remenaunt
of
my
myserable
lyfe
arouse
my
vesture
with
bytter
teeres
/
that
shall
make
my
lyfe
and
my
dayes
to
fynysshe
.
O
you
pastorelles
of
the
feldes
consyder
my
grete
dolours
/
and
wepe
myn
exyle
.
Now
pleased
it
god
and
the
vyrgyn
Mary
that
I
were
descended
of
as
poore
estate
as
the
poorest
of
the
worlde
/
at
the
leest
I
sholde
haue
doloure
to
se
me
in
suche
pouerte
.
Alas
wherfore
lyghteth
me
the
sonne
/
and
wherfore
dothe
the
erthe
susteyne
me
/
for
I
haue
no
nede
that
the
daungerous
fountayne
of
dystresse
oppresse
me
so
sore
.
For
it
is
not
in
myne
humayne
puyssaunce
/
to
bewayle
the
profounde
sorowe
that
my
poore
herte
endureth
.
O
false
enuye
and
treason
/
I
ought
well
for
to
curse
the
with
my
herte
/
for
by
the
to
daye
I
am
the
moost
sorowfullest
creature
lyuynge
vpon
the
erthe
.
A
my
broder
the
kynge
Pepyn
/
what
shal
ye
do
with
this
poore
dyscomforted
.
It
were
better
for
you
that
I
had
neuer
ben
borne
of
my
moder
/
or
that
from
the
wombe
of
my
moder
I
hadde
ben
put
vnder
the
erthe
.
In
makynge
this
aspre
complaynt
the
lady
abode
in
a
swowne
vpon
the
horsbacke
/
&
she
was
almoost
fallen
downe
or
that
Blandymayn
myght
come
vnto
her
/
then
he
dressed
her
vp
and
sayd
vnto
her
.
Alas
madame
take
vnto
you
some
comforte
/
and
entre
not
so
in
to
dyspayre
/
haue
stedfast
truste
in
god
/
for
euen
soo
as
you
are
innocente
he
shall
kepe
you
and
defende
you
alwayes
/
Then
he
espyed
a
ryght
fayre
fountayne
/
towarde
the
whiche
he
ledde
the
lady
.
And
also
nere
it
as
he
myght
he
set
her
downe
for
to
repose
her
and
refresshe
her
.
Here
I
wyll
leue
to
speke
of
them
/
and
wyll
speke
of
the
Archebysshop
that
perseuered
in
his
malyce
dampnable
and
dyabolyke
.
¶
How
the
Archebysshop
put
hym
in
the
habyte
of
a
knyght
/
and
mounted
on
horsbacke
for
to
folowe
the
Empresse
Bellyssant
that
was
banysshed
.
Ca.
iiij
.
Archebys
.
WHan
the
Archebysshop
sawe
that
the
lady
was
departed
/
he
thought
in
hymselfe
that
he
wolde
go
after
her
/
and
that
with
her
he
wolde
do
his
pleasure
.
He
lefte
rochet
and
other
vesture
/
and
as
irreguler
and
apostate
/
gyrde
his
swerde
aboute
hym
/
and
mounted
vpon
a
swyfte
courser
/
and
folowed
fast
after
/
for
he
had
one
of
the
best
courser
of
all
Constantynoble
.
He
rode
so
faste
that
within
short
tyme
he
had
ryden
a
grete
waye
.
And
of
all
them
that
he
mette
he
asked
tydynges
of
the
noble
lady
Bellyssant
.
And
they
shewed
vnto
hym
the
waye
that
she
helde
.
So
longe
rode
the
false
traytour
Archebysshoppe
that
he
entred
in
to
a
myghty
grete
forest
and
a
longe
/
he
toke
the
hyghe
waye
and
enforced
hym
to
ryde
a
paas
.
He
had
not
ryden
longe
whan
he
apperceyued
the
lady
with
Blandymayn
/
the
whiche
were
besyde
the
fountayne
where
as
the
lady
was
discended
for
to
refresshe
her
/
and
rest
her
for
she
was
wery
and
heuy
full
of
sorowe
and
doloure
/
so
that
she
myght
not
susteyne
her
.
Whyles
that
Blandymayn
comforted
the
sorowfull
lady
/
the
Archebysshop
drewe
nere
them
/
and
knewe
the
fayre
Bellyssant
/
but
she
knewe
hym
not
a
ferre
bycause
that
he
was
dysgysed
/
but
whan
he
approched
she
knewe
hym
well
ynoughe
.
Alas
sayd
she
Blandymayn
/
I
se
nowe
come
towarde
vs
the
false
Archebysshop
that
is
cause
of
myn
exyle
.
Alas
I
am
to
sore
aferde
that
he
do
me
not
some
vyllanye
.
Lady
sayd
Blandymayn
/
haue
of
hym
neyther
fere
nor
doubte
.
For
yf
he
come
for
to
doo
you
euyl
or
displeasure
I
shal
put
my
body
for
to
defende
yours
vnto
the
dethe
.
At
these
wordes
was
arryued
the
archebysshop
that
lyght
of
his
hors
/
and
salued
the
lady
in
the
best
maner
that
he
myght
and
sayd
.
Ryght
dere
and
honoured
lady
/
yf
so
be
that
the
Emperour
hathe
dechaced
you
/
yf
you
wyll
accepte
me
for
to
be
your
loue
/
and
accomplysshe
my
desyre
/
I
shall
do
so
moche
towarde
the
Emperour
that
he
shall
put
you
in
your
fyrste
estate
/
&
be
exalted
more
hygher
than
euer
you
were
/
wherfore
auyse
you
/
for
I
do
it
for
your
grete
honoure
and
prouffyte
.
Ha
sayd
the
lady
/
dysloyall
and
cruell
aduersary
of
all
honoure
imperyall
/
I
ought
well
to
haue
cause
to
loue
the
/
and
holde
the
dere
/
whan
that
by
thy
false
malyce
thou
haste
made
the
Emperour
vnderstonde
that
I
haue
myserably
borne
me
towarde
his
maieste
/
and
made
me
be
deiecte
from
all
honoure
and
prosperyte
.
/
Thou
hast
put
me
in
the
waye
of
extremyte
and
myserye
/
and
is
the
causer
that
I
shal
fynysshe
my
dayes
in
dolorous
dystresse
/
for
there
is
not
a
more
dyscomforted
lady
in
the
worlde
than
I
am
.
Lady
leue
suche
wordes
/
for
by
me
there
can
nothyng
come
to
you
but
good
For
I
am
puyssaunt
ynoughe
for
to
chaunge
your
doloure
and
dyscomforte
in
to
Ioye
&
solace
/
more
than
euer
you
had
.
In
sayenge
these
wordes
he
enclyned
him
towarde
the
lady
/
and
wende
to
haue
kyssed
her
.
But
Blandymayn
sterte
bytwene
them
and
gaue
the
Archebysshop
so
grete
a
stroke
that
he
felled
hym
vnto
the
erthe
/
and
brake
twayne
of
his
tethe
.
The
Archebysshop
gate
hym
vp
and
drewe
his
swerde
quyckly
.
And
Blandymayn
toke
a
glayue
that
he
had
broughte
with
hym
and
assaylled
hym
ryght
asprely
/
and
the
Archebisshop
hym
.
They
fought
soo
longe
that
they
were
bothe
sore
wounded
.
And
as
they
were
thus
fyghtynge
/
there
arryued
on
them
a
notable
marchaunt
/
that
ascryed
vnto
them
also
ferre
as
he
myght
se
them
saynge
.
Lordes
lordes
leue
your
debate
/
and
tell
me
fro
whens
it
procedeth
/
&
I
shall
tell
you
who
hathe
ryght
or
wronge
.
syr
sayd
Blandymayn
let
vs
fynysshe
our
enterpryse
.
Alas
sayd
the
lady
socoure
vs
/
for
here
is
the
fals
preest
that
wyll
take
myn
honour
from
me
by
force
/
whiche
is
the
cursed
Archebysshop
/
that
hathe
separed
me
by
treason
from
my
lorde
and
husbande
the
Emperoure
.
Whan
the
marchaunt
vnderstode
her
/
he
had
grete
pyte
on
her
/
&
sayd
to
the
Archebysshop
.
Syr
leue
your
enterpryse
/
&
touche
not
the
lady
/
for
and
the
Emperoure
knewe
of
this
dede
/
he
wolde
make
you
deye
an
euyll
dethe
before
all
the
worlde
.
Also
soone
as
the
Archebisshoppe
vnder
stode
the
marchaunt
speke
/
he
lefte
the
batayll
quyckly
and
began
for
to
fle
thorughe
the
wodde
.
He
was
ryght
sorowfull
that
he
was
knowen
/
for
he
thoughte
well
to
haue
had
his
pleasure
of
the
lady
.
But
he
enterprysed
suche
a
thynge
/
wherby
his
treason
was
knowen
afterwarde
/
and
dysclosed
as
it
shall
be
recounted
to
you
afterwarde
.
After
the
departynge
of
the
Archebysshop
the
lady
abode
in
the
wodde
besyde
the
fountayne
tryste
&
sorowfull
/
with
Blandymayne
that
was
wounded
.
The
marchaunt
that
was
abyden
sayd
.
Alas
lady
I
se
that
by
the
Archebisshop
ye
are
falsly
betrayed
/
and
haue
been
expulsed
from
the
Emperoure
.
Now
god
gyue
me
grace
to
lyue
so
longe
that
I
maye
accuse
hym
of
this
mys
dede
/
and
to
purchase
his
dethe
.
Lady
to
god
I
commaunde
you
the
whiche
gyue
you
pacyence
&
comforte
Soo
the
marchaunte
toke
his
leue
/
and
Blandymayn
thanked
hym
many
tymes
.
Then
Blandymayn
mounted
the
lady
vpon
her
hors
/
and
after
mounted
vpon
his
owne
/
and
wente
vnto
a
lodgynge
that
was
there
besyde
/
where
as
they
abode
by
the
space
of
.viij.
days
for
to
he
le
Blandymayn
.
Whan
he
had
rested
hym
/
&
that
he
myght
ryde
they
put
them
vpon
the
waye
towarde
Fraunce
.
And
the
sorowfull
lady
complayned
her
by
the
waye
and
sayd
.
Alas
Blandymayn
my
frende
/
what
may
my
broder
&
all
the
lordes
saye
of
my
pyteous
case
/
whan
they
shall
knowe
that
for
a
vyllaynous
dede
I
am
so
shamefully
deiecte
from
the
Emperoure
/
and
as
a
comon
woman
banysshed
the
Empyre
of
Constantynoble
.
Alas
I
am
ryght
certayne
that
my
broder
wyl
byleue
lyghtly
that
I
am
culpable
of
the
dede
/
&
make
me
dye
shamefully
/
for
he
is
ryght
fyerse
of
courage
/
lady
sayd
blandymayn
be
of
good
chere
/
&
put
your
trust
in
god
.
In
spekynge
thus
Blandymayn
that
the
lady