[2292] For worthyar non In to this erth is wrocht.

she prays her cousin to take care of him.

Tharfor I pray, and hartly I requer

Ȝhe mak hyme al the cumpany and chere,

And do hyme al the worſchip and the eß,

[2296] Excep his honore, wich that may hym pleß;

And quhen I cum deliuerith hyme als fre

As he is now;”—“ne have no dred,” quod ſche.

[T]he lady partit, and hir lef hath ton,

[2300] And by hir Iorne to the court Is gon.