For thanne al other love is wast.

O wif schal wel to thee suffise,

And thanne, if thou for covoitise

Of love woldest axe more,

Thou scholdest don ayein the lore 4660

Of alle hem that trewe be.

Amans.

Mi fader, as in this degre

My conscience is noght accused;

For I no such brocage have used,