In al this whyle, un-to his lady dere;

495

I trowe it were a long thing for to here;

Or of what wight that stant in swich disioynte,

His wordes alle, or every look, [to poynte].

72. For sothe, I have not herd it doon er this,

In storye noon, ne no man here, I wene;

500

And though I wolde I coude not, y-wis;

For ther was som epistel hem bitwene,