Of countes, damysel, par ma fay!
Wer fayr in heuen to halde asstate, 130
Aþer elleȝ a lady of lasse aray;
Bot a quene!—hit is to dere a date.'
'Þer is no date of Hys godnesse,'
Þen sayde to me þat worþy wyȝte,
'For al is trawþe þat He con dresse, 135
And He may do no þynk bot ryȝt,
As Mathew meleȝ in your messe,
In sothful Gospel of God Almyȝt,