Whan that I scholde have fare amis,
Rescousse dede in mi querele
And kepte al myn astat in hele:
How so ther falle now distance
Amonges ous, yit remembrance[1087]
I have of merci which he dede
As thanne: and thou now in this stede
P. i. 370
Of gentilesce and of franchise
Hast do mercy the same wise. 2700