(120)

Yif they were [broken], or [oght wo begoon],

Or hadde nede of [lodesmen] or vitaile;

For of socour they shulde no-thing faile,

1490

For hit was utterly the quenes wille.

Iasoun answerde, mekely and stille,

'My lady,' quod he, 'thanke I hertely

Of hir goodnesse; us nedeth, trewely,

No-thing as now, but that we wery be,