O Genius myn oghne Clerk,

Com forth and hier this mannes schrifte,’

Quod Venus tho; and I uplifte

Min hefd with that, and gan beholde

The selve Prest, which as sche wolde[241] 200

Was redy there and sette him doun

To hiere my confessioun.

iii. Confessus Genio si sit medicina salutis

Experiar morbis, quos tulit ipsa Venus.

Lesa quidem ferro medicantur membra saluti,