A Dowhter hath, that in this lif[765]

Men seiden ther was non so fair.

Sche scholde ben hir fader hair,

And was of yeres ripe ynowh:

Hire beaute many an herte drowh 2580

To bowe unto that ilke lawe[766]

Fro which no lif mai be withdrawe,

And that is love, whos nature

Set lif and deth in aventure

Of hem that knyhthode undertake.