Bi fyn for-warde & faste, faythely ȝe knowe."
"Hit is sothe," quod þe segge, "& as siker trwe;
Alle my get I schal yow gif agayn, bi my trawþe."
He [hent] þe haþel aboute þe halse, & hendely hym kysses,
& efter-sones of þe same he serued hym þere.
"Now ar we euen," quod þe haþel, "in þis euen-tide,
Of alle þe couenauntes þat we knyt, syþen I com hider,
bi lawe;"
Þe lorde sayde, "bi saynt Gile,
ȝe ar þe best þat I knowe,