That thou due homage dost to me;
No faithless wretch I find in thee
Or caitiff, that would dare deny
My service, having gained thereby
All that he longed for. Sound and pure
I find thy heart, therefore secure
And safe thy vessel shalt thou bring
To port. Thou hast full pardoning,
Dear friend, straightway, by simple prayer,
Of ransom free, for I will spare10860
Thy silver or thy gold to take,
Nor even ask that thou should’st make
Confession, but propose instead
That we again take up the thread
Of those sweet lessons that to thee
I gave, and thou repeat to me
The prohibitions and commands,
In number ten, that at my hands
Thou didst receive. If faithfully
Thou keep’st them in thy memory,10870
One day thou’lt be in better case
Than he who, dicing, casts deuce ace:
Repeat them.
LVIII
Repeats, the Lover, word for word
The lesson he from Cupid heard.
The Lover.
Love’s behests
Gladly: Evil deed
Must I forego; no scandal speed;
