I wyl no lenger on lyte lette þin ernde,
riȝt nowe."
Þenne tas he2 hym stryþe to stryke,
& frounses boþe lyppe & browe,
No meruayle þaȝ hym myslyke,
Þat hoped of no rescowe.
1 ? ryneȝ = touches. 2 he he, in MS.
XIV.
He let fall his loom on the bare
He lyftes lyȝtly his lome, & let hit doun fayre,