Thanne every man which was Romein
And moder hath, to hire he bende
And keste, and ech of hem thus wende 4750
To be the ferste upon the chance,
Of Tarquin forto do vengance,(4950*)
So as thei herden Phebus sein.
[The Rape of Lucrece.]
Bot every time hath his certein,[1391]
So moste it nedes thanne abide,
Til afterward upon a tyde