ANCIENT POEMS. 35 HE. For an outlawe this is the lawe, That men hym take and bynde ; And waver with the wynde. Were in your counceyle than : Alone, a banyfhed man. go, 145 150 155 SHE. Ryght wele knowe But feble for to fyght; No womanhede it is indede To be bolde as a knyght: Yet, in fuch fere yf that ye were With enemyes day or nyght, I wolde withstande, with bowe in hande, To greve them as I myght, And you to fave; as women have From deth men' many one : For, in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone. 160 165 HE. Ver. 162. and night. Ver. 164. to helpe ye with my myght. Prol. and |