Which slee me only for defaute of routhe,
Or that I dye, ye may knowe my trouthe.
For that, in sothe, suffyseth unto me,
And she it knowe in every circumstaunce;
And after, I am wel apayd that she
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If that hir list, of dethe to do vengeaunce
Untó me, that am under her legeaunce;
It sit me not her doom to disobeye,
But, at her luste, wilfully to deye.