Bot now I am here in your presente,
I wolde bysech, wythouten debate, 30
Ȝe wolde me say in sobre asente
What lyf ȝe lede erly and late.
For I am ful fayn þat your astate
Is worþen to worschyp and wele, iwysse;
Of alle my ioy þe hyȝe gate 35
Hit is, [and] grounde of alle my blysse.'
'Now blysse, burne, mot þe bytyde,'
Þen sayde þat lufsoum of lyth and lere,