As thogh the world scholde evere laste.
So is he lych unto the helle;
For as these olde bokes telle,[1448] 30
What comth therinne, lasse or more,
It schal departe neveremore:
Thus whanne he hath his cofre loken,
It schal noght after ben unstoken,
Bot whanne him list to have a syhte[1449]
Of gold, hou that it schyneth brihte,
That he ther on mai loke and muse;