For it so longe passed is,

Sithe ferst than ye fro home wente,

That welnyh every man his wente[1104]

To there I am, whil ye ben oute,

Hath mad, and ech of hem aboute,[1105] 170

Which love can, my love secheth,

With gret preiere and me besecheth:

And some maken gret manace,

That if thei mihten come in place,

Wher that thei mihte here wille have,