How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.
On what thing mai Y be merciful to þee? Þi sones han forsake me, and sweren bi hem þat ben not goddis. Y fillide hem, and þei diden auowtrie, and in þe hous of an hoore þei diden letcherie.