Therfore I pray you,[262] take ye the payne 250
To kepe my gowne tyll I come agayne.
But yet he shall not have it, by my fay,
He is so nere the dore, he myght ron away;
But bycause that ye be trusty and sure
Ye shall kepe it, and it be your pleasure; 255
And bycause it is arrayde[263] at the skyrt,
Whyle ye do nothyng, skrape of the dyrt.
[Johan.] Lo, nowe am I redy to go to Syr Jhan,
And byd hym come as fast as he can.