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HEN on Fair-Welcome straightway fell

Wan Jealousy: “I prithee tell,”

Quoth she, “how thou dost boldly dare

To bring one here towards whom I bear

Suspicious hatred? Unto me,

It seems that thou too easily

Tak’st strangers for thy friends, henceforth

I trust no more thy faith and worth,

But straightway bound, within a tower,

Will hold thee prisoner ’neath my power.

Too far from thee hath wandered Shame,

Who well deserves to suffer blame

For negligence to hold thee fast;

Full many a time I’ve stood aghast,

Noting the scanty succour she

Affords her sister Chastity.

’Tis she hath suffered thee to bring

Within these precincts a loseling,

Whose presence doth but cast disgrace

On each and all who guard the place.”

Fair-Welcome all dumfounded stood:

Right willingly had he made good