Thus was this yonge lord him one,
Al naked in a povere plit:[1526]
His colour, which whilom was whyt,[1527]
Was thanne of water fade and pale,
And ek he was so sore acale
That he wiste of himself no bote,
It halp him nothing forto mote 640
To gete ayein that he hath lore.
Bot sche which hath his deth forbore,
P. iii. 297