That kinde wolde doon hir to biginne

1375

To han a maner routhe up-on my wo,

Seyth Daunger, "Nay, thou shalt me never winne;

So reuleth hir hir hertes goost with-inne,

That, though she bende, yet she stant on rote;

What in effect is this un-to my bote?"

1380

198. Thenk here-ayeins, whan that the sturdy ook,

On which men hakketh ofte, for the nones,