And be not so agast, for shame!”
And called me tho by my name.
And, for I sholde the bet abreyde—
Me mette—“Awak,” to me he seyde,
Right in the same vois and stevene
That useth oon I coude nevene;
And with that vois, soth for to sayn,
My minde cam to me agayn;
For hit was goodly seyd to me,
So nas hit never wont to be....