'Cortaysé,' quod I, 'I leue,
And charyté grete, be yow among, 110
Bot my speche þat yow ne greue,
Þyself in heuen ouer hyȝ þou heue,
To make þe quen þat watȝ so ȝonge.
What more honour moȝte he acheue 115
Þat hade endured in worlde stronge,
And lyued in penaunce hys lyueȝ longe,
Wyth bodyly bale hym blysse to byye?