Towardes loue, and þat was rowþe;

ffor so wel cowde noman seie,

Which mihte sette hire in þe weie

Of loues occupacion

Thurgh non ymaginacion;

That scole wolde sche noght knowe.

And þus sche was on of þe slowe

As of such hertes besinesse,

Til whanne Venus þe goddesse,

Which loues court haþ forto reule,