[Sidenote: the God of Love charges thee to speak out your love, or else to write thy plaint;] The god of love thus chargit the, at ſchort, That to thi lady yhoue thi wo Report; 136 Yf yhoue may not, thi plant ſchall yhov vrit. Se, as yhoue cane, be man{er} oft endit In metir, quhich that no ma{n} haith ſuſſpek, Set oft tyme thai contenyng gret effecc; 140 Thus one ſume wyß yhow ſchal thi wo dwclar. And, for thir ſedulis and thir billis are So gen{er}all, and ek ſo ſchort at lyte, And ſwme of thai{m} is loſt the appetit, 144 [Sidenote: write, then, some treatise for her to read;] Sum trety ſchall yhoue for yi lady ſak, That wnkouth is, als tak one hand and mak, Of love, ore armys, or of ſu{m} othir thing, That may hir one to thi Reme{m}bry{n}g brynge; 148 Qwich ſoundith Not one to no hewynes, [Fol. 3.] Bot one to gladneß and to luſteneß, [Sidenote: one that may please her and get her thanks.] That yhoue belevis may thi lady pleß, To have hir thonk and be one to hir eß; 152 That ſche may wit in ſ{er}uice yhow art one. [Sidenote: Farewell, and be merry.”] Faire weil,” q{uo}d ſche, “thus ſchal yhow the diſpone, And mak thi ſelf als mery as yhoue may, It helpith not thus fore to wex al way.” 156 W{i}t{h} that, the bird ſche haith hir leif tak, [Sidenote: Thereon I awoke, and wondered what it might mean.] For fere of quich I can onone to wak; Sche was ago, and to my ſelf tho{ch}t I Quhat may yis meyne? quhat may this ſig{n}ify? 160 Is It of troucht, or of Illuſioune? [Headnote: HE RESOLVES TO DO SO.]