I schal fulfille thi preiere,

So that thou miht the betre lere

What mischief that this vice stereth,

Which in his Anger noght forbereth,

Wherof that after him forthenketh,

Whan he is sobre and that he thenketh 140

Upon the folie of his dede;

And of this point a tale I rede.

[Tale of Canace and Machaire.]

Ther was a king which Eolus