‘Sir,’ she said, ‘verament, [1685]
As my fader on huntyng went
Erly in a mornyng, [1700]
Fore his men pursued a dere,
To his castell̴, that stondith here,
That doth my hondys wryng, [1690]
This Giaunt hym toke, wo he be!
For his love he gevith hym) me,
He wold none other thinge.’
1688. For MS.