& wayte3 warly þider-warde, quat hit be my3t.

Hit wat3 þe ladi, loflyest to be-holde,

Þat dro3 þe dor after hir ful dernly1 & stylle,

& bo3ed to-warde þe bed; & þe burne schamed.

& layde hym doun lystyly, & let as he slepte.

& ho stepped stilly. & stel to his bedde,

Kest vp þe cortyn, & creped with-inne,

& set hir ful softly on þe bed-syde,

& lenged þere selly longe, to loke quen he wakened.

Þe lede lay lurked a ful longe quyle,