If charite be take on honde,
Ther folweth after mochel grace.
Forthi, if that thou wolt pourchace
How that thou miht Envie flee,
Aqueinte thee with charite,
Which is the vertu sovereine.
Amans.
Mi fader, I schal do my peine:
For this ensample which ye tolde
With al myn herte I have withholde, 3510