Be of good chere, and for nothyng dismaye,

I spake with her but nowe this other daye,

And she my selfe unto you hath sent;

My name is called dame Perceveraunce.

A little before that I from her went,

To her came Cupide, with great circumstaunce,

And brought a letter of Venus ordinaunce,

Whiche unto her he did anone present.

When she it reade and knewe the entent,

All inwardly full wondersly dismayed,