I may wel wite, it nil not been my prow.

790

For wyse folk in bokes it expresse,

"Men shal not wowe a wight in hevinesse."

114. But who-so mighte winnen swich a flour

From him, for whom she morneth night and day,

He mighte seyn, he were a conquerour.'

795

And right anoon, as he that bold was ay,

Thoughte in his herte, 'happe, how happe may,