So goth the fortune of my whiel; 2880
Forthi mi conseil is thou leve.’
‘Ma dame,’ I seide, ‘be your leve,
Ye witen wel, and so wot I,
That I am unbehovely
Your Court fro this day forth to serve:[1768]
And for I may no thonk deserve,
And also for I am refused,
I preie you to ben excused.
And natheles as for the laste,[1769]