Or at the Paame ther, ther plesure for to take,
Then wer they loose, that now stand as tyed,
I not[69.1] wher to thys world may be aplyed;
For all good cher on evyn and on morow,
Whyche then was made, now tornyth me to sorow.
[67.1] [From Fenn, ii. 304.] It is not apparent by whom these verses were written, or to what lord they were addressed. They may have been from the Countess of Oxford to her husband after he escaped abroad in 1471 (see vol. v., No. 775). Or they may have been the production of Lydgate writing in the name of a lady parted from her lord. We place them, as Fenn did, for convenience, at the end of the letters of Edward’s time.
[68.1] ‘I not’ stands for ‘I ne wot,’ or ‘I wot not,’ that is, I know not.
[68.2] Readiness.—F.
[68.3] I care.—F.
[68.4] Quære, whether this means sorrowful or trusty.—F.