And she again answér’d in patience: “My Lord,” quoth she, “I know, and knew alway, How that betwixtë your magnificence And my povert’ no wight nor can nor may Make comparison, it is no nay; 2625 I held me never digne 2626 in no mannére To be your wife, nor yet your chamberére. 2627

“And in this house, where ye me lady made, (The highë God take I for my witness, And all so wisly 2628 he my soulë glade), I never held me lady nor mistress, But humble servant to your worthiness, And ever shall, while that my life may dure, Aboven every worldly creatúre.