A False Oath

	The passionate [or wanton] girl contradicted me,

	sun's radiance, on her easy oath,

	most unjust after the favour,

4	with the fervent words to the holy cross,

	splendid bright maid, [on peril of her soul] if

	any naked limb of mine touched her, easy suspicion,

	she of Enid's hue, amazing oath,

8	let it be taken back.

	Yes yes a hand [did touch], good entertainer,

	a gift for her poet, yes the lip of the mouth;

	yes breasts beneath good birch slope,

12	yes arms, it was no waste;

	yes every such living thing,

	pleasant tale, yes wantonness.

	A worthless oath came from her mouth,

16	Yes yes – if God knows of anything that was left [undone].