For-thy som grace I hope in hir to finde.

141. And for to speke of hir in special,

Hir beautee to bithinken and hir youthe,

It sit hir nought to be celestial

As yet, though that hir liste bothe and couthe;

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But trewely, it sete hir wel right nouthe

A worthy knight to loven and cheryce,

And but she do, I holde it for a vyce.

142. Wherfore I am, and wol be, ay redy