'Rightfully,' quod she, 'hast thou demed; and yet love, knit in vertue, passeth al the gold in this erthe. Good wil, accordant 130 to reson, with no maner propertè may be countrevayled. Al the azure in the worlde is nat to accompte in respect of reson. Love that with good wil and reson accordeth, with non erthly riches may nat ben amended. This yeft hast thou yeven, I know it my-selfe, and thy Margarite thilke gift hath receyved; in whiche 135 thinge to rewarde she hath her-selfe bounde. But thy gift, as I said, by no maner riches may be amended; wherfore, with thinge that may nat be amended, thou shalt of thy Margarites rightwisenesse be rewarded. Right suffred yet never but every good dede somtyme to be yolde. Al wolde thy Margarite with 140 no rewarde thee quyte, right, that never-more dyeth, thy mede in merit wol purvey. Certes, such sodayn blisse as thou first nempnest, right wil hem rewarde as thee wel is worthy; and though at thyn eye it semeth, the reward the desert to passe, right can after sende suche bitternesse, evenly it to rewarde. So 145 that sodayn blisse, by al wayes of reson, in gret goodnesse may not ben acompted; but blisse long, both long it abydeth, and endlesse it wol laste. See why thy wil is endelesse. For if thou lovedest ever, thy wil is ever ther t'abyde and neveremore to chaunge; evenhed of rewarde must ben don by right; than muste 150 nedes thy grace and this blisse [ben] endelesse in joye to +onbyde. Evenliche disese asketh evenliche joye, whiche hastely thou shalt have.' 'A!' quod I, 'it suffyseth not than alone good wil, be it never so wel with reson medled, but-if it be in good service longe 155 travayled. And so through service shul men come to the joye; and this, me thinketh, shulde be the wexing tree, of which ye first meved.* CH. V. 2. fre. 4. greatnesse. 6. ioy. * _A break here in_ Th. 8. Nowe. 10. meane. 12. the. 15. fruite. 16. al thoughe. 17. the. 24. somdele. 25. great. wethers; _read_ weders. 28. hert. 29. displeased. nowe. 31. to-forne. hert great plentie. 33. thynge. 38. vndone. 41. disease. 42. thorowe. 47. _I supply_ maner. 49. catcheth. 50. venyme. 53. trust. meane. 54. owen; _read_ oweth. 58. eased. 59. diseased. 62. reason. 63. one. sprong. 64. anone. one. 66. appetite. thiderwarde. 68. vnbyde; _read_ onbyde. 70. kydde. 71. kynde; _read_ kyndes. 72. ferre. 73. great. 74. this; _read_ his. 75. see warde. 77. course. 78. be; _read_ by. 79. kynde; _read_ kyndes. 80. sayde. 81-2. hert. 85. _I supply_ is. vnbyde; _read_ onbyde. 87. maye. leaue. 90. drinke. 92. Howe. se. daye. 95. reason. none. 96. thynge howe. 97. seasons. 98. forthe. 99. leaue. 100. they were nought; _omit_ were. 101. soone. 102. forthe. 106. norisshen; _read_ norisshinge. 106-7. great (_twice_). 108. it; _read_ yit; _see_ l. 111. seede toforne. spring.