Which axe forto ben excused,[1859]
That I no Rethoriqe have used
Upon the forme of eloquence,
For that is not of mi science;
But I have do my trewe peyne
With rude wordes and with pleyne
To speke of thing which I have told.[1860]
[Farewell to Earthly Love.]
But now that I am feble and old,[1861]3070*
And to the worschipe of mi king