Therof I may me noght excuse:

Min herte is growen into Ston,

So that my lady therupon

Hath such a priente of love grave,

That I can noght miselve save.

Opponit Confessor.What seist thou, Sone, as of thin Ere?

Respondet Amans.Mi fader, I am gultyf there;

For whanne I may my lady hiere,

Mi wit with that hath lost his Stiere: 560

I do noght as Uluxes dede,