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