And noman wot the cause why.

Mi Sone, schrif thee now forthi:

Hast thou be Malencolien?

Confessio Amantis.

Ye, fader, be seint Julien,

Bot I untrewe wordes use,

I mai me noght therof excuse:

And al makth love, wel I wot,

Of which myn herte is evere hot,

So that I brenne as doth a glede