Than of his word the prophecie;
Bot how so that the sothe wente,[895]
Strif was the cause of that he hente
So gret a peine bodily.
Confessor.
Mi Sone, be thou war ther by,
[Chest.]
And hold thi tunge stille clos:
For who that hath his word desclos 770
Er that he wite what he mene,