Som thing devise, and take [it] for thyn ese,

And send it her, that may her herte †apese:

Some hert, or ring, or lettre, or device,

Or precious stone; but spare not for no price.

400

The fourteenth statut eke thou shalt assay

Fermly to kepe the most part of thy lyfe:

Wish that thy lady in thyne armes lay,

And nightly dreme, thow hast thy hertes wyfe

Swetely in armes, straining her as blyfe: