He soghte noght the worldes crok

For vein honour ne for richesse,

Bot all his hertes besinesse 2270

He sette to be vertuous;

And thus withinne his oghne hous

He liveth to the sufficance

Of his havinge. And fell per chance,

This Diogene upon a day,

And that was in the Monthe of May,

Whan that these herbes ben holsome,