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