That betre it were pes to chese,
Than so be double weie lese.
I not if that it now so stonde,
Bot this a man mai understonde,
Who that these olde bokes redeth,
That coveitise is on which ledeth,
P. i. 357
And broghte ferst the werres inne.
At Grece if that I schal beginne, 2310
Ther was it proved hou it stod: