Tell me how thy leman doeth,
And thou shalt knowe of myn.
‘My lady is unkynde, perde.’
Alack! why is she so?
‘She loveth an other better than me;
And yet she will say no.’
I fynde no such doublenes;
I fynde women true;
My lady loveth me dowtles,
And will change for no newe.
‘Thou art happy while that deeth last:
But I say, as I fynde,
That women’s love is but a blast,
And torneth with the wynde.’
Suche folkes can take no harme by love,
That can abide their torn.
‘But I alas can no way prove
In love, but lake and morne.’
But if thou wilt avoyde thy harme,
Lerne this lessen of me:
At others fieres thy selfe to warme,
And let them warme with the.