So hie eſtat, nore of ſo gret empriß,
That in hire ſelf haith viſdome ore gentrice,
Yf that o wicht, that worthy is to be
[132] Of lovis court, ſchew til hir that he
Seruith hire in lovis hartly wyß,
That ſchall thar for hyme hating or diſpiß.
the God of Love charges thee to speak out your love, or else to write thy plaint;
The god of love thus chargit the, at ſchort,
[136] That to thi lady yhoue thi wo Report;
Yf yhoue may not, thi plant ſchall yhov vrit.