More than his owne; but ye ne here, ne se,

Ne sey, ne send, and evyr I write and sele

In prose and ryme, as well as hit will be.

Sum evyll tong, I trow, myss sayeth of me

And ells your fast and feithfull frendelynes

Ye thenk mysspent on such as I, I gesse.

I wyll abate my customable concourse,

To yow so costuouse,[281.2] whan so evyr ye com agayn,

Which that I fele of reson, by the course

Of my proferid servyce, hath made yow so unfayne;