Of eyhtetiene wynter age,

Which was the faireste of visage

That evere in al this world he syh:

And as he wolde have take hire nyh,

P. i. 103

Sche put hire hand and be his leve

Besoghte him that he wolde leve,

And seith that forto wynne or lese[396]

He mot on of tuo thinges chese, 1810

Wher he wol have hire such on nyht,