And ek the love he me behihte.
It is gret wonder hou he mihte
Towardes me nou ben unkinde,
And so to lete out of his mynde
Thing which he seide his oghne mouth.
Bot after this whan it is couth[375]
And drawe into the worldes fame,[376]
It schal ben hindringe of his name:
For wel he wot and so wot I,
He yaf his trouthe bodily, 5460