P. i. 309

And wolde thei were al despent,

Or so ferr oute of londe went

That I nevere after scholde hem hiere;

And yit love I my ladi diere. 880

Thus is ther Hate, as ye mai se,

Betwen my ladi word and me;

The word I hate and hire I love,

What so me schal betide of love.

Bot forthere mor I wol me schryve,