Bot that ne myhte I natheles[353] 1280

For al this world obeie ywiss;

For whanne I am ther as sche is,

Though sche my tales noght alowe,

Ayein hir will yit mot I bowe,

To seche if that I myhte have grace:

Bot that thing may I noght enbrace[354]

For ought that I can speke or do;

And yit fulofte I speke so,

That sche is wroth and seith, ‘Be stille.’