Two lovers wooed a woman.
The first was very kind and courtly, and he said—
“I offer you my honourable name,
And all the things there are to do, I do,
And everything you wish for I will give,
And you will be my lady, I your knight.”

But the other smiled and said—
“Our love is late, I have no house to offer you,
But one good gift—yourself.
And you shall walk with me without constraint,
And all your words my wit shall understand,
And when our eyes meet full, we two shall smile,
And you will be my woman, I your man,
And you shall serve me.”
Then the woman came softly to that man's side, and sat her down.