For to aske my dowghttyr gente

That ys so feyer) and fre.’

‘Syr,’ sche Seyd, ‘so god me saue,

I Red yow let Torent her haue,

For best worthy ys he.’ [785]

775. The (quene to the) kyng to the quene gan sey MS.

779. That how MS.

781. aske] aseke MS.

[(69)]

He sayd: ‘Madame, were that feyer),