To soffre til it betre falle.

Forthi if thou amonges alle

Hast used this condicioun,

Mi Sone, in thi Confessioun

Now tell me pleinly what thou art.

Amans.[364]

Mi fader, I beknowe a part,

So as ye tolden hier above

Of Murmur and Compleignte of love,[365]

That for I se no sped comende,