Of lusti yonge Iante his wif;

And tho thei ladde a merie lif,

Which was to kinde non offence.

Confessor.

And thus to take an evidence,

It semeth love is welwillende

To hem that ben continuende

With besy herte to poursuie

Thing which that is to love due. 510

Wherof, my Sone, in this matiere