Old friends were willingly received again;
Her gallant our belle was suffered to retain;
The rector and the abbess had their will;
And, such their union, precepts to fulfill,
That if a nun had none to give her bliss,
To lend a friend was nothing thought amiss.
KING CANDAULES AND THE DOCTOR OF LAWS
[Original]
IN life oft ills from self-imprudence spring;