He seide, ‘An other time is bettre;

Thou schalt mowe senden hire a lettre,

And per cas wryte more plein

Than thou be Mowthe durstest sein.’ 40

P. ii. 3

Thus have I lete time slyde

For Slowthe, and kepte noght my tide,

So that lachesce with his vice

Fulofte hath mad my wit so nyce,

That what I thoghte speke or do[1094]