Beholde and have of him a sihte.
Thus was he tempted ofte sore;
Bot for he wolde be nomore[500]
Among the wommen so coveited,
The beaute of his face streited 6380
He hath, and threste out bothe hise yhen,[501]
That alle wommen whiche him syhen[502]
Thanne afterward, of him ne roghte:
And thus his maidehiede he boghte.
So mai I prove wel forthi,