Þou hat3 for-3eten 3ederly þat 3isterday I ta3tte
alder-truest token of talk þat I cowþe."
"What is þat?" quod þe wyghe, "I-wysse I wot neuer,
If hit be sothe þat 3e breue, þe blame is myn awen."
"3et I kende yow of kyssyng," quod þe clere þenne,
"Quere-so countenaunce is couþe, quikly to clayme,
Þat bicumes vche a kny3t, þat cortaysy vses."
"Do way," quod þat derf mon, "my dere, þat speche,
For þat durst I not do, lest I denayed were,
If I were werned, I were wrang I-wysse, 3if I profered."