Per cas seid more thanne ynowh;
Bot so wel halt noman the plowh
That he ne balketh otherwhile,
Ne so wel can noman affile
His tunge, that som time in rape
Him mai som liht word overscape,
And yit ne meneth he no Cheste.[872]
Bot that I have ayein hir heste 520
P. i. 297
Fulofte spoke, I am beknowe;