4805

Defyneth it into this letter,

That I may thenke on it the better;

For I herde never [diffyne it ere],

And wilfully I wolde it lere.'

Raisoun. 'If love be serched wel and sought,

4810

It is a sykenesse of the thought

Annexed and knet bitwixe tweyne,

[Which] male and female, with oo cheyne,