Lydgate's Reson and Sensuallyte Edited from the Fairfax MS. 16 (Bodleian) and the additional MS. 29,729 (Brit. Mus.) by Ernst Sieper |
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How thauctour ansuerd, and yalde him self holy to the seruise of Venus, and be-kam hir man. |
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How thauctour ansuerd, and yalde him self holy to the seruise of Venus, and be-kam hir man.
“My lady,” quod I, “and maistresse,I thanke vnto your high noblesse
For of al that ye ha sayde,
I am ryght wonder wel apayde,
For which, in what that ever I kan,
With hert and al y am youre man.
Shortly, I may me nat restreyne,
And what that doth me so constreyne,
I kan nat tel hyt in certeyn,
But wel I wote al hool and pleyn:
Myn hert[e], in ful sodeyn wise,
Is drawe al hool to your seruyse,
And myn enclynacion
Is hool in your subieccion.
For, in reyne and eke in shours,
Douteth nat that I am yours;
Hath her the feyth of my body,
Nat compelled, but frely,
To contune, for ioye or smert,
Fully acorded in myn hert
To be rewled by your devis.
For me semeth in myn avis,
Inwardely in my conceyt,
That ther may be no deceyt,
Engyn, nor fraude, on no syde,
Beseching that ye wol provyde
To teche me and to concerne,
How that I shal me gouerne
By the statutis of your law,
And what wey[e] I shal draw;
For euere platly, to I deye,
To your wille I shal obeye,
As ferforth as I ha konnyng
To fulfille your biddyng,
Fro tyme that I first began
To bekome your lyge man.”
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