For sielden is whan thei recovere, 4420
Bot if it be thurgh gret decerte.
And natheles men se poverte
With porsuite and continuance[252]
Fulofte make a gret chevance
And take of love his avantage,[253]
Forth with the help of his brocage,
That maken seme wher is noght.[254]
And thus fulofte is love boght
For litel what, and mochel take,