So that, mi fader, of this branche
I am gultif, to telle trouthe.
Confessor.
Mi Sone, that me thenketh routhe;
For lovedrunke is the meschief
Above alle othre the most chief,
If he no lusti thoght assaie,
Which mai his sori thurst allaie: 310
P. iii. 12
As for the time yit it lisseth