That she dare not a word gainsain
Nor disobey in no manner wise,
Of such a man I can devise
He stands under protection
From Bicornis jurisdiction."

Then shall there be a woman devoured in the mouth of Chichevache,
crying to all wives, and say this verse:-

"O noble wives, be well ware,
Take example now by me;
Or else affirme well I dare
Ye shall be dead, ye shall not flee;
Be crabbed, void humilitie,
Or Chichevache ne will not fail
You for to swallow in his entrail."

Then shall there be pourtrayed a long-horned beast, slender and
lean, with sharp teeth, and on her body nothing but skin and bone.

"Chichevache, this is my name,
Hungry, meagre, slender, and lean,
To show my body I have great shame,
For hunger I feel so great teen; {88c}
On me no fatness will be seen,
Because that pasture I find none,
Therefore I am but skin and bone.

"For my feeding in existence
Is of women that be meek,