Tho was betwen mi Prest and me
Debat and gret perplexete: 2190
Mi resoun understod him wel,
And knew it was soth everydel
That he hath seid, bot noght forthi
Mi will hath nothing set therby.
For techinge of so wis a port[1697]
Is unto love of no desport;
Yit myhte nevere man beholde
Reson, wher love was withholde,