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;