And therof thenkth he bot a lite,[468]

For al his lust is to delite

In newe thinges, proude and veine,

Als ferforth as he mai atteigne. 2690

P. i. 133

I trowe, if that he myhte make

His body newe, he wolde take

A newe forme and leve his olde:

For what thing that he mai beholde,

The which to comun us is strange,