The cause most in special,

Hath yove hem drinke forth withal[754]

Of thilke cuppe which exciteth

The lust wherinne a man deliteth: 510

And thus be double weie drunke,

Of lust that ilke fyri funke

Hath mad hem, as who seith, halfwode,[755]

That thei no reson understode,

Ne to non other thing thei syhen,

Bot hire, which tofore here yhen