And that was love, as it is happed,

Which hath here hertes so betrapped,[969]

That thei be alle weies seche

How that thei mihten winne a speche, 1360

Here wofull peine forto lisse.

Who loveth wel, it mai noght misse,

And namely whan ther be tuo

Of on acord, how so it go,

Bot if that thei som weie finde;

For love is evere of such a kinde