A somme of gold, and him besoghte(2800*)
To don hem favour in the lawe,
Toward the gold he gan him drawe, 2790
Wherof in alle mennes lok
A part up in his hond he tok,[1172]
Which to his mouth in alle haste
He putte, it forto smelle and taste,[1173]
And to his yhe and to his Ere,
Bot he ne fond no confort there:
And thanne he gan it to despise,