'No, wis,' quod he, 'myn owene nece dere.'

475

'Now wel,' quod she, 'and I wol doon my peyne;

I shal myn herte ayeins my lust constreyne,

69. But that I nil not [holden him in honde],

Ne love a man, ne can I not, ne may

Ayeins my wil; but elles wol I fonde,

480

Myn honour sauf, plese him fro day to day;

Ther-to nolde I nought ones have seyd nay,