Somtime in hope for the beste,
If he mai finde a weie nerr.[1239]
What scholde I thanne go so ferr[1240]
In strange londes many a mile
To ryde, and lese at hom therwhile[1241]
Mi love? It were a schort beyete
To winne chaf and lese whete. 1710
Bot if mi ladi bidde wolde,
That I for hire love scholde
Travaile, me thenkth trewely