Set thou aside all other apparail;
Let me in thee feel all my affiance.
Treasure of treasures, thou dost most avail.
Grant ere I die shrift, pardon, repentance.”
Her voice trembled a little and ceased.
“That is from some verses of Dan John Lydgate, I think,” said Mistress Margaret.
“Here is another,” said Mary in a moment or two.
“Jesu, at thy will, I pray that I may be,
All my heart fulfil with perfect love to thee:
That I have done ill, Jesu forgive thou me: