Thow woldes fayne my dowghttyr haue
And hast lovyd her) many a day.’
‘Ye, be trouthe,’ seyd Torrent than),
‘And yf þat I were a Ryche man),
Ryght gladly, par ma fay!’ [830]
‘Yf thow durst for her sake
A poynt of armys vndyrtake,
Thow broke her) well̴ fore ay!’
822. a] so [F. III]; the MS.
825. saue] so [F. III]; sped MS.