And thanne, if I mai seche and finde
That eny word be left behinde,
Which as I scholde more have spoke,[875]
I wolde upon miself be wroke,
And chyde with miselven so
That al my wit is overgo.
For noman mai his time lore
Recovere, and thus I am therfore
So overwroth in al my thoght,
That I myself chide al to noght: 580