Bot mor behoveth to the plowh,

P. iii. 357

Wherof the lacketh, as I trowe:

So sitte it wel that thou beknowe[1726]

Thi fieble astat, er thou beginne

Thing wher thou miht non ende winne. 2430

What bargain scholde a man assaie,

Whan that him lacketh forto paie?

Mi Sone, if thou be wel bethoght,[1727]

This toucheth thee; foryet it noght: