4649   Thou wistest not what fell therto,
4650   With what lord thou haddist to do.
4651   If thou haddist hym wel knowe,
4652   Thou haddist nought be brought so lowe;
4653   ffor if thou wistest what it were,
4654   Thou noldist serve hym half a yeer,
4655   Not a weke, nor half a day,
4656   Ne yit an hour withoute delay,
4657   Ne never I lovede pamours,
4658   His lordshipp is so full of shoures.
4659   Knowest hym ought?'
4659   Lamaunt 'Yhe, dame, pde!' Raisoun.
4659   'Nay, nay.' L'amaunt. yhis I
4660   Raisoun. 'Wherof, late se?'
4661   Lamaunt. 'Of that he seide I shulde be
4662   Glad to have sich lord as he,
4663   And maister of sich seignorie.' Raisoun.
4664   'Knowist hym no more?' L'amaunt. nay certis I
4665   Save that he yaf me rewles there,
4666   And wente his wey, I nyste where,
4667   And I aboode bounde in balaunce.'
4668   'Lo, there a noble conisaunce! Raisoun
4669   But I wille that thou knowe hym now
4670   Gynnyng and eende, sith that thou