ANONYMOUS
He. Nay, nay, not so; ye shall not go,
And I shall tell you why Your appetite is to be light
Of love, I well espy: For, right as ye have said to me,
In likewise hardily Ye would answcre whosoever it were,
In way of company: It is said of old, Soon hot, soon cold;
And so is a woman: Wherefore I to the wood will go,
Alone, a banished man.
She. If ye take heed, it is no need
Such words to say to me ; For oft ye prayed, and long assayed,
Or I loved you, parde And though that 1 of ancestry
A baron 's daughter be, Yet have you proved how I you loved,
A squire of low degree, And ever shall, whatso befall,
To die therefore anone; For, in my mind, of all mankind
I love but you alone.
He. A baron's child to be beguiled,
It were a cursed deed' To be felaw with an outlaw
Almighty God forbcde r Yet better were the poor squyere Alone to forest ycde yedc] should go.
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