A thoght so swete in mi corage,

That nevere Pyment ne vernage

Was half so swete forto drinke.

For as I wolde, thanne I thinke 220

P. iii. 9

As thogh I were at myn above,

For so thurgh drunke I am of love,

That al that mi sotye demeth

Is soth, as thanne it to me semeth.

And whyle I mai tho thoghtes kepe,