He yeveth frely ofte, and chaungeth wede,

1720

And held aboute him alwey, out of drede,

A world of folk, as cam him wel of kinde,

The fressheste and the beste he coude fynde;

247. That swich a voys was of hym and a stevene

Thorugh-out the world, of honour and largesse,

1725

That it up rong un-to the yate of hevene.

And, as in love, he was in swich gladnesse,