"Þe prys & þe prowes þat pleseȝ al oþer,
If I hit lakked, oþer set at lyȝt, hit were littel daynté;
Bot hit ar ladyes in-noȝe, þat leuer wer nowþe
Haf þe hende in hor holde, as I þe habbe here,
To daly witt derely your daynté wordeȝ,
Keuer hem comfort, & colen her careȝ,
Þen much of þe garysourn oþer golde þat1 þay hauen;
Bot I louue2 þat ilk lorde þat þe lyfte haldeȝ,
I haf hit holly in my honde þat al desyres,
þurȝe grace."