'I dide [it] oonly of entent
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that other folk shold it possede,
which (bothe in wark and ek in dede,)
lede her lyf in perfitnesse,
In vertu, and more holynesse
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than thei which that her now be.
'and touchyng that thou askest me,
Thou shalt haue answere therof noon.
but first, I chargë the to goon
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to hir that is the Selerere
of this place that stondeth here;
aske hir (that thou mayst conceyve)
touchyng the good she doth receyve,
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to telle the playnly al the guyse,
how it is spent, and in what wyse.
and, hir to knowe among hem alle,
'Purveyauncë' folk hir calle.
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and whan she hath declared al,
thou shalt haue (in specïal)
of the demaunde (by good resoun)
a truë Declaracïoun,
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as it accordeth and is dwe.
'and forth my Somers I wil swe;
for, in this place, on no syde,
I caste me no lenger to abyde;
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nor neuere (to speke in wordës playn)
hider [[hethar St.]] to retourne agayn,
til the tyme that I may se
that vertu and honeste [Stowe folio 370b]
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Resortë by deuocïoun
Into thys Religïoun.'
And with that word, (as I was war,) [folio 295a]
I saugh hir gon in-to hir char.
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and in this while (of good entent,
lich to hir comandëment)
I wentë with a sobre chere,
forth vnto the celere[re].
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and, my iourne to avaunce,
I knewe [[knew St., knowe C.]] hir by hir contenaunce;
for (the trouthë [[trouth C.]] to expresse)
