As who so dremeth on a Ston

Hou he is leid, and groneth ofte,

Whan he lith on his pilwes softe. 540

So is ther noght bot strif and cheste;

Whan love scholde make his feste,

It is gret thing if he hir kisse:

Thus hath sche lost the nyhtes blisse,

For at such time he gruccheth evere[1516]

And berth on hond ther is a levere,

And that sche wolde an other were