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