John Lydgate,
Chaucerian and Other Pieces — A Goodly Balade
(1897)
“ And fresshest flour, to whom good thrift god sende. Your child, if it list you me so to cal, Al be I unable my-self so to pretende, To your discrecioun I recommende 5 Myn herte and al, with every circumstaunce, Al hoolly to be under your governaunce. Most desyre I, and have, and ever shal Thing, whiche might your hertës ese amende; Have me excused, my power is but smal; 10 Natheles, of right ye ought [e] to commende My good [e] will, which fayn wolde entende To do you service; for al my suffisaunce Is hoolly to be under your governaunce. ”
