(54) LA DAME.
"Though I make chere to euery man a-boute,
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ffor my worschip, and of myn awne fraunchyse,
To you I nylle do so, withouten doute,
In éschwyng all maner preiudyse.
ffor, wett you well, [ye well HT, you will U.] loue is so [UH, om. T.] lytle wyse,
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And in be-leue so lyghtly wyll [wil H, wyll T, wel U.] be broght,
That he taketh, al at his awne devyse,
Of thyng (god wot) þat serueth hym of noght."
(55) LAMANT.
"Iffe I, by loue and by my trew seruyse, [folio 126]
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lese the good chere þat straungers haue alway,
Wher-of schuld [shuld H, I schuld UT.] serue my trouth in any wyse
les þen to heme [hem H, theym T.] þat come and go alday,
Which hold [UH, had T.] of you no thyng, þat is no [non H, to no T.] nay?
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Also in you is loste, to my semynge,
All courtesy, which of [UH, of all T.] Resoun will [UT, wolde H.] say,
That loue by [for Skeat.] loue were lawfull déseruynge."
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(56) LA DAME.
"Courtesye is allied wondir nere
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To [UT, with H.] worschip, which hyme louyth tendurly; [UT, best & tendirly H.]
And he will not be bound, for no prayere
Nor for no [UT, om. H.] yifte, I say you verely,
But his good chere depart ful largëly
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Wher hyme lykéth, as his conseit wil falle:
Guerdoun constraynt, a yifte done thankefully,
Thes twayn [UH, ij. T.] may not a-cord, nor neuer schale."
(57) LAMANT.
"As for guerdoun, I seche [UH, seke T.] none in þis case; [UH, place T.]
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ffor þat desert, to me it [UT, om. H.] is to hye;
Wherfor I asche [ashe H, ax T.] your pardoun and your grace,
Sith me by-houyth deth, [H, om. UT.] or your mercye.
