[55] A space is here left for an illuminated letter.

[55][I]s, to declar the lady of myne hart,

[2396] My goſt ſal rather of my breſt aſtart”—

Whar-by the lady fayndit al for nocht

The lowe quhich long hath ben In to his thocht—

or his own;

“And of my nam, ſchortly for to ſay,

[2400] It ſtondith ſo that one no wyß I may.

LANCELOT CLAIMS HIS LIBERTY;

[Fol. 30 a.]