I wene men sholde him shame do,
And þat ne wolde ich for no þing:
I loue him wel, bi heuene king!
Me wore leuere i wore lame,
Þanne men dide him ani shame,
[Fol. 213b, col. 2.]
Or tok, or onne handes leyde,
Vn-ornelike,[87] or same seyde.”
He lep up on a stede lith,
And with him mani a noble knith,