He worcheth gret empeirement.
P. iii. 124
This Signe hath of his proprete
A Monthe, which of duete 1160
After the sesoun that befalleth
The Plowed Oxe in wynter stalleth;
And fyr into the halle he bringeth,[1021]
And thilke drinke of which men singeth,
He torneth must into the wyn;
Thanne is the larder of the swyn;