It were tome a gret desir,[807] 3160
That I this vice mihte flee.
Confessor.
Nou understond, my Sone, and se,
Ther is phisique for the seke,
And vertus for the vices eke.
P. i. 266
Who that the vices wolde eschuie,
He mot be resoun thanne suie
The vertus; for be thilke weie