And ȝit I hope—so haue I roo,— [folio 5a]
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If thow woldest ȝeue the ther-too
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And put ther-to thi bysynes,
Thow scholde it haue with-oute distresse.
Then were thow knyȝt of worschepe most
Off alle that wones in any cost,
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If þow that flees with prowesse hadde;
Then were I, Cosyn, of the gladde,
For gret honour then dedest thow to me,
And ther-by schuldest honoured be;
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And my lond afftir my day
Schulde be thyn—as I say,—
And also in my lyff treuly
Thow schulde be lord as wel as I,
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And haue thi wille and thi comandement
Off alle that euere to me apent.'
IAson stode In his emys halle
By-fore his Eme and lordes alle,
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He herkened alle that he euere [MS. he euere he.] sayd,
With his wordes he was wel payd;
The wordes riȝt wel to him liked,
He wist nouȝt that he was beswiked,
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He wende not the wordes that were spoken
Of him so to be a-wroken,
But for he scholde wynne gret loos
And be þe more drad of his foos.
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He wiste wel if he seide 'nay'
By-fore the lordes, that he schulde ay
Holde him for a coward [MS. acoward.]
And neuere-more of him take reward,
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But hope it were for cowardise
That he durst not take a prise [MS. aprise.] .
¶ Iason seide: 'so mote I thriue,
This feste schal neuere be don so blyue,
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