& conneȝ not of compaynye þe costeȝ vnder-take,
& if mon kennes yow hom to knowe, ȝe kest hom of your mynde;
Þou hatȝ for-ȝeten ȝederly þat ȝisterday I taȝtte
alder-truest token of talk þat I cowþe."
"What is þat?" quod þe wyghe, "I-wysse I wot neuer,
If hit be sothe þat ȝe breue, þe blame is myn awen."
"Ȝet I kende yow of kyssyng," quod þe clere þenne,
"Quere-so countenaunce is couþe, quikly to clayme,
Þat bicumes vche a knyȝt, þat cortaysy vses."
"Do way," quod þat derf mon, "my dere, þat speche,