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,