[Sidenote: [The ij^de p{ro}se.]]
++Bvt tyme is now q{uo}d sche of medicine more þen of compleynte.
¶ Forsoþe þen sche entendyng to me warde wiþ al þe lokyng of hir eyen
saide. ¶ Art not þou he q{uo}d sche þat su{m}tyme I-norschid wiþ my
mylke {and} fostre[d] wiþ my meetes were ascaped {and} comen to corage
of a p{er}fit man. ¶ Certys I ȝaf þe syche armures þat ȝif þou þi self
ne haddest first caste hem away. þei schulden haue defendid þe in
sykernesse þat may not be ouer-comen. ¶ Knowest þou me not. Why art þou
stille. is it for schame or for astonynge. It were me leuer þat it were
for schame. but it semeþ me þat astony{n}ge haþ opp{re}ssed þe. ¶ And
whan sche say me not oonly stille. but wiþ-outen office of tonge {and}
al doumbe. sche leide hir honde softely vpon my brest {and} seide.
¶ Here nis no p{er}il q{uod} sche. ¶ He is fallen in to a litargie.
whiche þat is a comune sekenes to hertes þat ben desceiued. ¶ He haþ a
litel forȝeten hym self. but certis he schal lyȝtly reme{m}bren hym
self. ¶ Ȝif so be þat he haþ knowe{n} me or now. {and} þat he may so
done I wil wipe a litel hys eyen. þat ben derked by þe cloude of mortel
þinges ¶ Þise wordes seide sche. and wiþ þe lappe of hir garment yplitid
in a frounce sche dried[e] myn eyen þat were ful of þe wawes of my
wepynges.