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,