For love is evere faste byme,

Which takth no hiede of due time.[1414] 3370

For whanne I schal myn yhen close,

Anon min herte he wole oppose

And holde his Scole in such a wise,

Til it be day that I arise,

That selde it is whan that I slepe.

And thus fro Sompnolence I kepe

P. ii. 115

Min yhe: and forthi if ther be