Noght al per chance as ye it wolden,[1718]
Bot so as ye be reson scholden, 2370
Acordant unto loves kinde.[1719]
For in the plit which I thee finde,
So as mi court it hath awarded,
Thou schalt be duely rewarded;
P. iii. 355
And if thou woldest more crave,
It is no riht that thou it have.’
iii. Qui cupit id quod habere nequit, sua tempora perdit,