Whan time was, that I my bede[1424]
Ne seide, and as I dorste tolde:
Bot nevere fond I that sche wolde,
For oght sche knew of min entente,
To speke a goodly word assente.
And natheles this dar I seie,[1425]
That if a sinful wolde preie 3490
To god of his foryivenesse
With half so gret a besinesse
P. ii. 119