Me lacketh bothe and of mi grace;
For what so that mi thoght embrace,[547]
Yit have I noght the betre ferd.
Mi fader, lo, nou have ye herd
What I be Stelthe of love have do,[548]
And hou mi will hath be therto:
If I be worthi to penance
I put it on your ordinance.[549] 6700
Confessor.
Mi Sone, of Stelthe I the behiete,