Nunc tamen vt poterit semiviua loquela fateri,

Verba per os timide conscia mentis agam.

Betwen the lif and deth I herde

This Prestes tale er I answerde, 290

And thanne I preide him forto seie

His will, and I it wolde obeie

After the forme of his apprise.[254]

Hic incipit confessio Amantis, cui de duobus precipue quinque sensuum, hoc est de visu et auditu, confessor pre ceteris opponit.

Tho spak he tome in such a wise,[255]

P. i. 52