“Madame,” quoth I, “though I least worthy,
Unto the Leafe I owe mine observaunce:”
“That is,” quod she, “right well done certainly;
And I pray God to honour you avaunce,
And kepe you fro the wicked remembraunce
Of Malebouch, and all his crueltie,
And all that good and well conditioned be.
“For here may I no lenger now abide,
I must follow the great company,
That ye may see yonder before you ride.”