And if ſo be ye lykith not to ma
or at least to be allowed to go to the next battle,
My ranſone, [madem,] if me leif to ga
To the aſſemble, wich ſal be of new;
under a promise to return at night.
[956] And as that I am feithful knycht and trew,
At nycht to yow I enter ſhall aȝaine,
But if that deth or other lat certañ,
Throw wich I [may] have ſuch Impediment,
[23] MS. “behold.”