(I knew hyr wel, I hade sen hyr ere)
(I knew her well, I had seen her before)
At glysnande golde þat man con schore
As shining gold that man did purify,
So schon þat schene an-vnder schore
So shone that sheen (bright one) on the opposite shore;
On lenghe I loked to hyr þere
Long I looked to her there,
Þe lenger I knew hyr more & more
The longer I knew her, more and more. —([pp. 6, 7].)