How she will deal with thee, I wot not; but all I have said of her and thee and the King's Son is true.

Therefore I say to thee, be wary and cold at heart, whatsoever outward semblance thou mayst make.

If thou have to yield thee to her, then yield rather late than early, so as to gain time.

Yet not so late as to seem shamed in yielding for fear's sake.

Hold fast to thy life, my friend, for in warding that, thou wardest me from grief without remedy.