MerT 2387 "Ye maze, maze, goode sire," quod she;
MerT 2388 "This thank have I for I have maad yow see.
MerT 2389 Allas," quod she, "that evere I was so kynde!"
MerT 2390 "Now, dame," quod he, "lat al passe out of mynde.
MerT 2391 Com doun, my lief, and if I have myssayd,
MerT 2392 God helpe me so, as I am yvele apayd.
MerT 2393 But, by my fader soule, I wende han seyn
MerT 2394 How that this Damyan hadde by thee leyn,
MerT 2395 And that thy smok hadde leyn upon his brest."
MerT 2396 "Ye, sire," quod she, "ye may wene as yow lest.
MerT 2397 But, sire, a man that waketh out of his sleep,
MerT 2398 He may nat sodeynly wel taken keep
MerT 2399 Upon a thyng, ne seen it parfitly,
MerT 2400 Til that he be adawed verraily.
MerT 2401 Right so a man that longe hath blynd ybe,
MerT 2402 Ne may nat sodeynly so wel yse,
MerT 2403 First whan his sighte is newe come ageyn,
MerT 2404 As he that hath a day or two yseyn.
MerT 2405 Til that youre sighte ysatled be a while
MerT 2406 Ther may ful many a sighte yow bigile.
MerT 2407 Beth war, I prey yow, for by hevene kyng,
MerT 2408 Ful many a man weneth to seen a thyng,
MerT 2409 And it is al another than it semeth.
MerT 2410 He that mysconceyveth, he mysdemeth."
MerT 2411 And with that word she leep doun fro the tree.
MerT 2412 This Januarie, who is glad but he?
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