And seith me trewly that he scholde
Mi lettre here unto the queene.
And I sat doun upon the grene 2210
[The Supplication.]
Fulfilt of loves fantasie,
And with the teres of myn ÿe
In stede of enke I gan to wryte
The wordes whiche I wolde endite[1699]
Unto Cupide and to Venus,
And in mi lettre I seide thus.