That he ne hadde no memoire 2800

That ther was eny good bot he,[476]

For pride of his prosperite;

Til that the hihe king of kinges,

Which seth and knoweth alle thinges,

Whos yhe mai nothing asterte,—

The privetes of mannes herte

P. i. 137

Thei speke and sounen in his Ere

As thogh thei lowde wyndes were,—