A thowsand-fold more nobill is thy quene,

Thy lyves lady, and thy souverayn,

That hath thyn herte all hole in governaunce.

Thou mayst no wyse hit taken to disdayn,

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To put thee humbly at her ordinaunce,

And give her free the rein of her plesaunce;

For libertee is thing that women loke,

And truly, els the mater is a-croke.

The eleventh statut, Thy signes for to †con