“Ye know yourself well how that ye came here Into this house, it is not long ago; And though to me ye be right lefe 2537 and dear, Unto my gentles 2538 ye be nothing so: They say, to them it is great shame and woe For to be subject, and be in serváge, To thee, that born art of small lineage.

“And namely 2539 since thy daughter was y-bore These wordës have they spoken doubtëless; But I desire, as I have done before, To live my life with them in rest and peace: I may not in this case be reckëless; I must do with thy daughter for the best, Not as I would, but as my gentles lest. 2540