This king, whom every contre dredeth,[963]

Lo, thus he was enformed there:

Wherof, my Sone, thou miht lere

How that thi will schal noght be lieved,

[Contek.]

Where it is noght of wit relieved.

And thou hast seid thiself er this

How that thi will thi maister is;[964]

Thurgh which thin hertes thoght withinne

Is evere of Contek to beginne, 1320