“Thou lovest me, that know I well certáin, And art my faithful liegëman y-bore, 2494 And all that liketh me, I dare well sayn It liketh thee; and specially therefore Tell me that point, that I have said before⁠— If that thou wilt unto this purpose draw, To takë me as for thy son-in-law.”

This sudden case 2495 the man astonied so, That red he wax’d, abash’d, 2496 and all quaking He stood; unnethës 2497 said he wordës mo’, But only thus; “Lord,” quoth he, “my willing Is as ye will, nor against your liking I will no thing, mine owen lord so dear; Right as you list governë this mattére.”