Bot if ther be oght elles more

Wherof I mihte take lore, 720

I preie you, so as I dar,

Now telleth, that I mai be war,

Som other tale in this matiere.

Confessor.

Sone, it is evere good to lere,

Wherof thou miht thi word restreigne,

Er that thou falle in eny peine.

For who that can no conseil hyde,