CAP. XVIII.
Reading edition
Of a fayre mayden that should be put to death wrongfully.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · : Condemned.Note 2 · : Burnt.Note 3 · : Rose bushes.Note 4 · : Other editions say 16.Note 5 · : Steps.Note 6 · : Adorned.Note 7 · : Crib or Manger.Note 8 · : Star.Note 9 · : Other editions say "thirteenth."Note 10 · : Paces.Note 11 · : Psalter.Note 12 · : Gave.Note 13 · : Whom.Note 14 · : Breed no pigs.Note 15 · : Plough or draw loads.Note 16 · THE cause is, for as much as a fayre maiden yt was blamed wyth wrong that she hadde done fornication, for the which cause she was demed1 to