And gan to humme, and seyde, 'so I trowe.'
1200
'Aquyte him wel, for goddes love,' quod he;
'My-self to medes wol the lettre [sowe],'
And held his hondes up, and sat on knowe,
'Now, goode nece, be it never so lyte,
Yif me the labour, it to sowe and plyte.'
1205
173. 'Ye, for I can so wryte,' quod she tho;
'And eek I noot what I sholde to him seye.'