And seiþ, Ma Dame, I schal ȝou teche.

These ar of þo þat whilom were

Seruantz to loue, and trowþe beere,

Ther as þei hadde here herte set.

ffare wel, for I mai noght be let:

Ma Dame, I go to mi seruise,

So moste I haste in alle wise;

fforþi, ma Dame, ȝif me leue,

I mai noght longe wiþ ȝou leue.

Ha, goode Soster, ȝit I preie,