[And leve] herafter that I may yow finde

To me and to my suster here so kinde,

That I repente nat to give yow lyf!

[Yit were hit better] that I were your wyf,

2090

Sin that ye been as gentil born as I,

And have a rëaume, nat but faste by,

Then that I suffred giltles yow to sterve,

Or that I let yow as a page serve;

Hit is not [profit], as unto your kinrede;