Al for luf of þat lede in longynge þay were,
Bot neuer-þe-lece ne þe later þay neuened bot merþe,
Mony ioyle3 for þat ientyle iape3 þer maden.
For aftter mete, with mournyng he mele3 to his eme,
& speke3 of his passage, & pertly he sayde,
"Now, lege lorde of my lyf, leue I yow ask;
3e knowe þe cost of þis cace, kepe I no more
To telle yow tene3 þer-of neuer bot trifel;
Bot I am boun to þe bur barely to morne,
To sech þe gome of þe grene, as god wyl me wysse."