Be resoun oghte to be loth
In wynter time for the chele.
And thus thenkende thoghtes fele,
As I myn yhe aboute caste,
His large beerd thanne ate laste
I syh, and thoghte anon therfore
How that his fader him before,7200*
Which stod upon the same place,
Was beerdles with a yongly face:
And in such wise as ye have herd