And I to thee will be as kinde
As Colin was to Rosalinde,110
Of curtesie the flower.
Then will I be as true, quoth she,
As ever mayden yet might be
Unto her paramour.
With that she bent her snow-white knee,115
Downe by the shepheard kneeled shee,
And him she sweetely kist:
With that the shepheard whoop'd for joy,
Quoth he, ther's never shepheards boy
That ever was so blist.120
FOOTNOTES:
[985] He was born in 1563, and died in 1631. Biog. Brit.
[986] As also Chaucer's Rhyme of Sir Topas, v. 6.
[987] [Reprinted by Utterson. The Romance of Sir Isumbras was printed from the MS. by Mr. Halliwell in the Thornton Romance (Camden Society, 1844).]
[988] [dwelt.]
[989] [keen.]
[990] [named.]
[991] [she was taught the learning.]