Skarsnesse and love acorden nevere,
For every thing is wel the levere,
Whan that a man hath boght it diere:
Hic loquitur contra istos, qui Auaricia stricti largitatis beneficium in amoris causa confundunt. Et ponit exemplum, qualiter Croceus largus et hillaris Babionem[292] auarum et tenacem de amore Viole, que pulcherrima fuit, donis largissimis circumuenit.
And forto speke in this matiere,
For sparinge of a litel cost
Fulofte time a man hath lost
The large cote for the hod.
What man that scars is of his good[291]
And wol noght yive, he schal noght take: