The labour of hise wittes alle.

And in this wise it is befalle,

Of labour which that thei begunne

We be now tawht of that we kunne: 2390

P. ii. 82

Here besinesse is yit so seene,[1310]

That it stant evere alyche greene;

Al be it so the bodi deie,

The name of hem schal nevere aweie.

[Discoverers and Inventors.]