That floureth yet, how foule I sholde it shende,

And with what filthe it spotted sholde be,

If in this forme I sholde with yow wende.

1580

Ne though I livede un-to the worldes ende,

My name sholde I never ayeinward winne;

Thus were I lost, and that were routhe and sinne.

227. And for-thy slee with reson al this hete;

Men seyn, ["the suffraunt overcometh,"] pardee;

1585