þeȝ ich ne cunne of writelinge.
I lome þu dest me grame
50 ⁊ seist me boþe tone ⁊ schame
Ȝif ich þe holde on mine uote.
So hit bitide þat ich mote.
⁊ þu were vt of þine rise.
þu sholdest singe an oþer wse.
Þ
55 e niȝtingale ȝaf answare.
ȝif ich me loki wit þe bare.