That thou to loves heste obeie
Als ferr as thou it myht suffise:
For ofte sithe in such a wise 1400
Obedience in love availeth,
Wher al a mannes strengthe faileth;
Wherof, if that the list to wite[369]
In a Cronique as it is write,
A gret ensample thou myht fynde,
Which now is come to my mynde.
[Tale of Florent.]