Thei gon under proteccioun,[58]

That love and his affeccioun[59]

Ne schal noght take hem be the slieve;

For thei ben out of that believe,

Hem lusteth of no ladi chiere,

Bot evere thenken there and hiere

Wher that here gold is in the cofre,[60]

And wol non other love profre: 2580

Bot who so wot what love amounteth

And be resoun trewliche acompteth,