Though that they shuld hir hertës al to-tere,
Would never flit, but ever were stedfast,
490
Til that their lyves there asunder brast.'
'Now, fair madam,' quod I, 'yet I would pray
Your ladiship, if that it might be,
That I might know[ë], by some maner way,
Sith that it hath [y-]lyked your beautè,
495
The trouth of these ladies for to tel me;