605 | And lothest were in al this worlde displese | |
| Nere it for you I haue suche disese | |
| That I moot dye here at your foot anon | |
| Nought wolde I telle you me is wo begoon | |
| But certis or I muste dye or pleyne | |
610 | Ye sle me giltles for verry peyne | |
| But of my deth ye haue no routhe | |
| Thinkith now vp on your trouthe | |
| And repente you for that god aboue | |
| Or ye me sle by cause that I you loue | |
615 | For Madame wel ye woot what ye haue hight | |
| Not that I chalange ony thing of right | |
| Of you my souereyn lady but of your grace | |
| But in the gardyn yonder in suche a place | |
| Ye witen right weel what ye behetyn me | |
620 | And in myn hond there your trouthe plight ye | |
| To loue me best / god woot ye sayde so | |
| Al be it that vnworthy I be therto | |
| Madame I speke for the honour of you | |
| More than forto saue my hertis lif right now | |
625 | I haue ydo as ye comaunded me | |
| And yf ye vouchesauf ye mowe se | |
| Sith as you list haue your hest in mynde | |
| For quyck or ded trewe shul ye me fynde | |
| In you lith to do me lyue or deye | |
630 | But wel I woot the rockis been a weye | |
| He takith his leue and she a stoned stood | |
| In al her face nas o drope of blood | |
| She wende neuer to come in suche a trappe | |