He saugh a mayde walkynge hym biforn, Of which mayde anon, maugree hir heed, Be verray force, he rafte hire maydenhed; (III [D] 886-88) (1) but because it is ultimately rewarded, not just by good luck but as a matter of deliberate judicial policy, with a lifetime of "parfit joye" (1258), which the ravisher obtains in the company of a wife who is both obedient and as beautiful "As any lady,
emperice, or queene" (1246).