I wol thi schrifte so enforme,
That ate leste thou schalt hiere[250]
The vices, and to thi matiere[251]
Of love I schal hem so remene,
That thou schalt knowe what thei mene. 280
For what a man schal axe or sein[252]
Touchende of schrifte, it mot be plein,
It nedeth noght to make it queinte,
For trowthe hise wordes wol noght peinte:
That I wole axe of the forthi,