"Thou art a sinner," Adam said, "And here no place shall have;" "And so art thou, I trow," quoth she, 15 "And gip, a doting knave!
"I will come in in spite," she said, "Of all such churls as thee; Thou wert the causer of our woe, Our pain and misery; 20
"And first broke God's commandments, In pleasure of thy wife:" When Adam heard her tell this tale, He run away for life.
Then down came Jacob at the gate, 25 And bids her pack to hell: "Thou false deceiver, why?" said she;-- "Thou mayst be there as well.
"For thou deceiv'dst thy father dear, And thine own brother too:" 30 Away slunk Jacob presently, And made no more ado.
She knocks again with might and main, And Lot he chides her straight: "Why then," quoth she, "thou drunken ass, 35 Who bid thee here to prate?
"With thy two daughters thou didst lie, On them two bastards got:" And thus most tauntingly she chaft Against poor silly Lot. 40
"Who calleth there," quoth Judith then, "With such shrill sounding notes?" "This fine minks surely came not here," Quoth she, "for cutting throats!"
Good Lord, how Judith blush'd for shame, 45 When she heard her say so! King David hearing of the same, He to the gate did go.
Quoth David, "Who knocks there so loud, And maketh all this strife?" 50 "You were more kind good sir," she said, "Unto Uriah's wife.
"And when thy servant thou didst cause In battle to be slain, Thou causedst then more strife than I, 55 Who would come here so fain."
"The woman's mad," said Solomon, "That thus doth taunt a king;" "Not half so mad as you," she said, "I trow, in many a thing. 60
"Thou hadst seven hundred wives at once, For whom thou didst provide, And yet three hundred wh...., God wot, Thou didst maintain beside.
"And those made thee forsake thy God, 65 And worship stocks and stones; Besides the charge they put thee to In breeding of young bones.
"Hadst thou not been besides thy wits, Thou wouldst not thus have ventur'd; 70 And therefor I do marvel much How thou this place hast entered."
"I never heard," quoth Jonas then, "So vile a scold as this;" "Thou wh...son runaway," quoth she, 75 "Thou diddest more amiss."
"They say," quoth Thomas, "women's tongues Of aspen leaves are made;" "Thou unbelieving wretch," quoth she, "All is not true that's said." 80