A-gon was every sorwe and every fere;

And bothe, y-wis, they hadde, and so they wende,

As muche Ioye as herte may [comprende].

242. This is no litel thing of for to seye,

This passeth every wit for to devyse;

1690

For eche of hem gan otheres lust obeye;

Felicitee, which that thise clerkes wyse

Commenden so, ne may not here suffyse.

This Ioye may not writen been with inke,