| | Or ellis that the lord wolde best assent | |
| | That he sholde telle hym what his peple ment | |
| 90 | Or ellis coude he shewe wel such matere | |
| | He to the Markis sayde as ye shul here | |
| | O nobil Markis your humanite | |
| | Assurith vs and yeueth vs hardines | |
| | As ofte as tyme is of necessite | |
| 95 | That we to you mow telle our heuynes | |
| | Acceptith now lord of your gentilnes | |
| | That we with pitous herte come to compleyne | |
| | And lete your eris not my vois disdaigne | |
| | Al haue I not to doon in this matere | |
| 100 | More than anothir man hath in this place | |
| | Yet for as muche as ye my lord so dere | |
| | Haue alwey shewd me fauour and grace | |
| | I dar the bettir aske of you a space | |
| | Of audience to shewe our request | |
| 105 | And ye my lord to do as you lest | |
| | For certis lord so wel vs liketh yow | |
| | And al your werk that ye haue doon and we | |
| | Ne coude not our self deuisyn how | |
| | We mighte lyuyn in more felicite | |
| 110 | Saue o thing lord yf your wille be | |
| | That forto be a weddid man yf that ye lest | |
| | Then were your pepyl in souereyn hertis rest | |
| | Bowe ye your hed vnder the blisful yok | |
| | Of souereynte and not of seruise | |
| 115 | Whiche that men clepith spousayle or wedlok | |
| | And thynkith lord among your wittis wyse | |
