Beknowe and in mi schrifte telle:

Bot I a drauhte have of that welle,

In which mi deth is and mi lif,

Mi joie is torned into strif,

That sobre schal I nevere worthe,

Bot as a drunke man forworthe; 280

P. iii. 11

So that in londe where I fare[727]

The lust is lore of mi welfare,

As he that mai no bote finde.