who sends for a knight to take a message to the lady;
And but dulay one for o knycht he send,
That was moſt ſpeciall with the lady kend.
He comyne, and the knycht vn to hyme ſaid,
[908] “Diſpleß yow not, ſir, be ȝhe not ill paid,
So homly thus I yow exort to go,
To gare my lady ſpek o word or two
[21] MS. “presonerere.”
With me, that am a carful preſonere.”[21]
[912] “Sir, your commande y ſhall, withouten were,