In Erthe among the wommen hiere;
For ther is in him no matiere
Wherof he mihte do plesance.
Ferst for his hevy continance
Of that he semeth evere unglad,
He is noght able to ben had;
And ek he brenneth so withinne,[806]
That kinde mai no profit winne, 3120
Wherof he scholde his love plese:
For thilke blod which scholde have ese