And yit Thobie his wille hadde;
For he his lust so goodly ladde,
P. iii. 272
That bothe lawe and kinde is served,
Wherof he hath himself preserved,
That he fell noght in the sentence.
O which an open evidence[1443]
Of this ensample a man mai se,
That whan likinge in the degre
[Chastity.]