THE PEARL, ll. 361-612. (MS. Cotton Nero A X (about 1400).)
Thenne demed I to þat damyselle:
'Ne worþe no wrathþe vnto my Lorde,
If rapely <I> raue, spornande in spelle;
My herte watȝ al wyth mysse remorde,
As wallande water gotȝ out of welle. 5
I do me ay in Hys myserecorde;
Rebuke me neuer wyth wordeȝ felle,
Þaȝ I forloyne, my dere endorde,
Bot [kyþeȝ] me kyndely your coumforde,