Wife of Bath's Prologue, Hengwrt MS fol. 65v

And trewely / as myne housbondes tolde me
I hadde the beste quonyam myghte be
Myn ascendent was Taur / and Mars ther Inne
Allas • Allas / that evere loue was synne
I folwed ay my Inclinacioun
By vertu of my constellacioun
That made me / I koude noght withdrawe
My chambre of Venus / from a good felawe

Wife of Bath's Prologue, Ellesmere MS fol. 69r-v

And trewely / as myn housbondes tolde me
I hadde the beste Quonyam myghte be [page break in manuscript]
For certes I am al Venerien
                                          is
In feelynge / and myn herte ^ Marcien
Venus me yaf my lust / my likerousnesse
And Mars yaf me / my sturdy hardynesse
Myn Ascendent was Taur and Mars therinne
Allas / Allas / þat euere loue was synne
I folwed ay myn Inclinacioun
By vertu of my constellacioun
That made me / I koude noght withdrawe
My chambre of Venus / from a good felawe