To luf hom wel, & leue hem not, a leude þat couþe,

For þes wer forne1 þe freest þat fol3ed alle þe sele,

Ex-ellently of alle þyse oþer, vnder heuen-ryche,

þat mused;

& alle þay were bi-wyled,

With2 wymmen þat þay vsed,

Þa3 I be now bigyled,

Me þink me burde be excused."

1 forme (?) 2 with wyth, in MS.

XIX.