Mi fader, yis:

Bot wite ye how? noght openly,

Bot otherwhile prively,

Whan I my diere ladi mete,

And thenke how that I am noght mete

Unto hire hihe worthinesse,

And ek I se the besinesse 460

Of al this yonge lusty route,

Whiche alday pressen hire aboute,

And ech of hem his time awaiteth,