ANONYMOUS

I would withstand, with bow in hand,

To grieve them as I might, And you to save ; as women have

From death men many one : For, in my mind, of all mankind

I love but you alone.

He. Yet take good hede ; for ever I drede

That ye could not sustain The thorny ways, the deep valleys,

The snow, the frost, the rain, The cold, the heat ; for dry or wete,

We must lodge on the plain ; And, us above, no other roof

But a brake bush or twain : Which soon should grieve you, I believe;

And ye would gladly than That I had to the green-wood go,

Alone, a banished man.

She. Sith I have here been partynere

With you of joy and bliss, I must also part of your woe

Endure, as reason is : Yet I am sure of one pleasure,

And shortly it is this That where ye be, me seemeth, parde",

I could not fare amiss. Without more speech I you beseech

That we were shortly gone; For, in my mind, of all mankind

I love but you alone.

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