Look that thou scorn him not, whatsoever he be;[[87]]
But show it to thy friends and conceal it naught.
Sit not by him nor stand where sin might be wrought,
For a slander raised of ill
Is evil for to still,
My lief child.
The man that shall thee wed before God with a ring,
Love thou him and honour most of earthly thing.
Meekly thou him answer and not as an atterling,[[88]]
So may’st thou slake his mood,[[89]] and be his dear darling.