P. iii. 342

Lo, what it is to be wel grounded:[1677]

For he hath ferst his love founded

Honesteliche as forto wedde,

Honesteliche his love he spedde

And hadde children with his wif,

And as him liste he ladde his lif;

And in ensample his lif was write,[1678]

That alle lovers myhten wite 2000

How ate laste it schal be sene