For al the feld nas but of sond
[As smal as man may see yet lye]
In the desert of Libye;
Ne I no maner creature,
490
That is y-formed by nature,
Ne saw, me [for] to rede or wisse.
'O Crist,' thoughte I, 'that art in blisse,
Fro fantom and illusioun
Me save!' and with devocioun