a-werke, might thy Margaryte for plesaunce, frendship, ne fayrhede of none other, be in poynte moved from thyne herte; wherfore 125 in-to myne housholde hastely I wol that thou entre, and al the parfit privitè of my werking, make it be knowe in thy understonding, as oon of my privy familiers. Thou desyrest (quod she) fayn to here of tho thinges there I lefte?' 'Ye, forsothe,' quod I, 'that were to me a greet blisse.' 130 'Now,' quod she, 'for thou shalt not wene that womans condicions for fayre speche suche thing belongeth:-- CH. III. 2. ganne. 5. beforne. 6. thynge. menne. 9. thynge. whose. 10. lignes (_sic_). 11. whose lykenesse. 12. halte. 15. facultie. 17. forthe. 18. borne. 19. comforte. 20. dethe. 23. buxome. beautie. 27. parfyte. 32. wotte. 38. graunt. 40. toforne. 48. golde. 51. worthe. on; _read_ of. 53. -warde. 54. birde. 56. beare. vnha_n_de; _read_ on hande. 58. none. 59. bloder; _read_ blobere. 61. Howe. 63. sette. frenship (_sic_). one. 64. lyste. delyte. 65. faire. 66. maye. tel. 67. bo_n_de. 69. dey. 72. trust. crafte. 74. howe. 76. thendes. Howe. 77. lorne. longe-. 78. thorowe. 79. _I supply_ ben. radde. 80. done. 81. fal. 83. holy. 84. arne. 87. farre. stretchen. 97. dothe. 99. wyst. 101. faythe. thoughe rennogates. 102. leasynges. fyre (_four times_) 103. wytte. farre. heate. 104, 112. moste. 104. element comfortable; _read_ comfortable element. 105. chefe. 108. precioust. 109. amonge. 112-3. gladed and pleased. 115. layde. 120. Nowe. the. 122. arte none. 123. set the. 124. frendeshyp. fayrehede. 127. parfyte. 128. one. 129. fayne. 130. great. 131. Nowe. CHAPTER IV. Thou shalt,' quod she, 'understonde first among al other thinges, that al the cure of my service to me in the parfit blisse in doing is desyred in every mannes herte, be he never so moche a wrecche; but every man travayleth by dyvers studye, and seke[th] thilke blisse by dyvers wayes. But al the endes 5 are knit in selinesse of desyre in the parfit blisse, that is suche joye, whan men it have gotten, there +leveth no thing more to ben coveyted. But how that desyre of suche perfeccion in my service be kindely set in lovers hertes, yet her erroneous opinions misturne it by falsenesse of wening. And although 10 mannes understanding be misturned, to knowe whiche shuld ben the way unto my person, and whither it abydeth; yet wote they there is a love in every wight, [whiche] weneth by that thing that he coveyteth most, he shulde come to thilke love; and that is parfit blisse of my servauntes; but than fulle blisse may not 15 be, and there lacke any thing of that blisse in any syde. Eke it foloweth than, that he that must have ful blisse lacke no blisse in love on no syde.'