Mi fader, as touchende of me,

This vice I thenke forto fle,

Which of his wenynge overtroweth;[444]

And nameliche of thing which groweth 2370

In loves cause or wel or wo

Yit pryded I me nevere so.

P. i. 122

Bot wolde god that grace sende,

That toward me my lady wende

As I towardes hire wene!