Dede eny thing or loude or stille,

Which were noght mi ladi wille.

Men sein that every love hath drede;[461]

So folweth it that I hire drede, 6060

For I hire love, and who so dredeth,

To plese his love and serve him nedeth.

Thus mai ye knowen be this skile

That no Ravine don I wile

Ayein hir will be such a weie;

Bot while I live, I wol obeie