Bot finaly, as in concluſioune, Be as be may, I ſchal me not discharge, Sen It apperith be of lovis charg; 164 And ek myne hart noñe othir biſſynes Haith bot my ladice ſ{er}uice, as I geß; [Sidenote: I determined to take in hand this occupation.] Among al vther{is} I ſchal one honde tak This litil occupatioune for hire ſak. 168 Bot hyme I pray, the my{ch}ty gode of loue, That ſitith hie in to his ſpir abuf, (At {com}mand of o wyß quhois viſioune My goſt haith takin this opvnioune,) 172 That my lawboure may to my lady pleß And do wnto hir ladeſchip ſu{m} eß, So that my t{ra}uell be no{ch}t tynt, and I Quhat vther{is} ſay ſetith nothing by. 176 [Sidenote: I know it will but hurt my name, when men hear my feeble negligence.] For wel I know that, be this world{is} fam̅e. It ſchal not be bot hurting to my nam̅e, Quhen that thai here my febil negligens, That empit is, and bare of eloquens, 180 Of diſcreſſiou{n}e, and ek of Retoryk; The metire and the cu{n}ing both elyk So fere diſcording frome p{er}fecciou{n}e; [Sidenote: I submit my poem to the correction of the wise;] Q{uhil}k I ſubmyt to the correcciou{n}e 184 Of yai{m} the quhich that is diſcret {and} wyß, And ent{er}it is of loue in the ſ{er}uice; Quhich knouyth that no lovare dare w{i}t{h}ſtonde, [Fol. 3b.] Quhat loue hyme chargit he mot tak one honde, 188 Deith, or defam̅, or ony man{er} wo; And at this tyme w{i}t{h} me It ſtant ry{ch}t ſo, [Sidenote: for I dare not oppose Love’s command.] As I that dar makine no demande To quhat I wot It lykith loue co{m}mande. 192 Tueching his charg{is}, as w{i}t{h} al deſtitut, W{i}t{h}in my mynd ſchortly I conclud For to fulfyll, for ned I mot do ſo. [Headnote: HE THINKS OF THE STORY OF LANCELOT.] [Sidenote: At last I thought of the story of “Lancelot of the Lake,”]