1455[Qualiter Leoninus Thaisim ad lupanar destinauit, vbi dei gracia preuenta ipsius virginitatem nullus violare potuit.]

1456 No wonder is thogh sche be wo:

1457Clos in a chambre be hireselve,

1458Ech after other ten or tuelve

1459Of yonge men to hire in wente;

1460Bot such a grace god hire sente,

1461That for the sorwe which sche made

1462Was non of hem which pouer hade

1463To don hire eny vileinie.

1464This Leonin let evere aspie,

1465And waiteth after gret beyete;

1466Bot al for noght, sche was forlete,

1467That mo men wolde ther noght come.

1468Whan he therof hath hiede nome,

1469And knew that sche was yit a maide,

1470Unto his oghne man he saide,

1471That he with strengthe ayein hire leve

1472Tho scholde hir maidenhod bereve.

1473This man goth in, bot so it ferde,

1474Whan he hire wofull pleintes herde

1475And he therof hath take kepe,

1476Him liste betre forto wepe

1477Than don oght elles to the game.

1478And thus sche kepte hirself fro schame,

1479And kneleth doun to therthe and preide

1480Unto this man, and thus sche seide:

1481"If so be that thi maister wolde,

1482That I his gold encresce scholde,

1483It mai noght falle be this weie:

1484Bot soffre me to go mi weie

1485Out of this hous wher I am inne,

1486And I schal make him forto winne

1487In som place elles of the toun,

1488Be so it be religioun,

1489Wher that honeste wommen duelle.

1490And thus thou myht thi maister telle,

1491That whanne I have a chambre there,

1492Let him do crie ay wyde where,

1493What lord that hath his doghter diere,

1494And is in will that sche schal liere

1495Of such a Scole that is trewe,

1496I schal hire teche of thinges newe,

1497Which as non other womman can

1498In al this lond." And tho this man

1499Hire tale hath herd, he goth ayein,

1500And tolde unto his maister plein

1501That sche hath seid; and therupon,

1502Whan than he sih beyete non

1503At the bordel be cause of hire,

1504He bad his man to gon and spire

1505A place wher sche myhte abyde,

1506That he mai winne upon som side

1507Be that sche can: bot ate leste

1508Thus was sche sauf fro this tempeste.