To lute or daunce, but it avayleth nought:

For the fyre kyndled, and waxed more and more,

The dauncynge blewe it, wyth her beaute clere,

My hert sekened and began to waxe sore;

A mynute vi. houres, and vi. houres a yere

I thought it was, so hevy was my chere;

But yet for cover my great love aryght,

The outwarde countenaunce I made glad and light.

CAP. XVII.
HOWE GRAUNDE AMOURE WAS ENAMOURED OF LA BELL PUCELL IN THE TOWER OF MUSIKE, AND MET WITH COUNSAYLE IN A TEMPLE

And for fere myne eyes should my hert bewray,