That I the ryng have take aweie.
As unto that this wole I seie:[614]
Whan I the god behield aboute,
I sih how he his hond strawhte oute
And profred me the ryng to yive;
And I, which wolde gladly live7180*
Out of poverte of his largesse,[615]
It underfing, so that I gesse,
As therof I am noght to wyte.[616]
And overmore I wol me quite,