From Athenes the ship; yit comth hit noght.
2510
And, yif that ye the terme rekne wolde,
As I or other trewe lovers sholde,
I pleyne not, god wot, beforn my day.'—
(120)
But al her lettre wryten I ne may
By ordre, for hit were to me a charge;
2515
Her lettre was right long and ther-to large;