The which out of the Soule groweth
And the vertu fro vice knoweth,
P. ii. 78
Wherof a man the vice eschuieth,
Withoute Slowthe and vertu suieth,
That is a verrai gentil man,
And nothing elles which he can,
Ne which he hath, ne which he mai.
Bot for al that yit nou aday,[1297]
In loves court to taken hiede,