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