In chamber there he lay;

‘Sir,’ he said, ‘I haue thy wede,

There shall̴ no man reioyse thy stede,

Yf so be, that I may. [2310]

By oure lady seynt Mary, [2411]

Here shalt thou no lenger lye,

Nether be nyȝt) ne be day;

As I am) Curtesse and hend,

To the kyng I shall̴ wend, [2315]

And ffor thy love hym pray!’