To you oonly, me thynke, I durste shryue me

For now am I plenarely dysposed

To shewe you thynges that may not be disclosed.

DREDE.

Than I assured hym my fydelyte,

His counseyle secrete neuer to dyscure,[281]

Yf he coude fynde in herte to truste me; 220

Els I prayed hym, with all my besy cure,

To kepe it hymselfe, for than he myghte be sure

That noo man[282] erthly coude hym bewreye,