He thoghte, how evere that it go,

P. ii. 27

He wolde assaie the fortune,

And gan his herte to commune

With goodly wordes in hire Ere;

And forto put hire out of fere,

He swor and hath his trowthe pliht

To be for evere hire oghne knyht.

And thus with hire he stille abod,

Ther while his Schip on Anker rod,[1171] 760