He gan him thonken in his beste wyse;
1595
A hondred sythe he gan the tyme blesse,
That he was born to bringe him fro distresse.
229. He seyde, 'O frend, of frendes the alderbeste
That ever was, the sothe for to telle,
Thou hast in hevene y-brought my soule at reste
1600
[Fro Flegiton], the fery flood of helle;
That, though I mighte a thousand tymes selle,