Nou sprinkes, &c.

Þan answerde þat maiden swote

Midde wordes fewe:

'Mi lemman me haues bihot 20

Of louue trewe:

He chaunges anewe.

Yiif I mai, it shal him rewe

Bi þis dai.'

Nou sprinkes, &c.

4 [Þis endre] dai als I me rode MS.; corr. Skeat.