†And am ful glad if I may finde an ere

Of any goodly word that ye han left.

And thogh it happen me rehercen eft

That ye han in your fresshe songes sayd,

80

For-bereth me, and beth nat [evel apayd],

Sin that ye see I do hit in the honour

Of love, and eek in service of the flour,

From B. 188-196.

But natheles, ne wene nat that I make