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,