in space."

Þe lady louteȝ a-doun,

& comlyly kysses his face,

Much speche þay þer expoun,

Of druryes greme & grace.

1 sayde (?). 2 de vaye, in MS.

XV.

"I would learn," she says, "why you, who are so young and active, 1508

"I woled1 wyt at yow, wyȝe," þat worþy þer sayde,

"& yow wrathed not þer-wyth, what were þe skylle,