For thanne is ther non other lawe

Bot, ‘Jacke was a good felawe.’

P. ii. 394

Whan thei him povere and nedy se,

Thei lete him passe and farwel he;

Al that he wende of compainie

Is thanne torned to folie. 7760

[Prodigality of Lovers.]

Bot nou to speke in other kinde

Of love, a man mai suche finde,