Bot of long time gaderende,[909]

And duelleth in the herte loken,

Til he se time to be wroken; 860

And thanne he scheweth his tempeste

Mor sodein than the wilde beste,

Which wot nothing what merci is.

Mi Sone, art thou knowende of this?

Confessio Amantis.

My goode fader, as I wene,

Now wot I somdel what ye mene;