He by the hond than took this olde man,
And seyde thus, whan he him hadde asyde,
‘Ianicula, I neither may ne can
Lenger the plesance of myn herte hyde. 305
If that thou vouche-sauf, what-so bityde, (250)
Thy doghter wol I take, er that I wende,
As for my wyf, un-to hir lyves ende.