And tolde unto hem in this wise:

‘I not what is with gold to thryve,

Whan non of all my wittes fyve 2800

P. iii. 180

Fynt savour ne delit therinne.

So is it bot a nyce Sinne

Of gold to ben to covoitous;

Bot he is riche and glorious,

Which hath in his subjeccion

Tho men whiche in possession[1174]