For be the goddes alle above[746]
I wolde it mihte so befalle,
That I al one scholde hem alle 2410
Supplante, and welde hire at mi wille.
And that thing mai I noght fulfille,
Bot if I scholde strengthe make;
And that I dar noght undertake,[747]
Thogh I were as was Alisaundre,
For therof mihte arise sklaundre;
And certes that schal I do nevere,