And who that useth metes strange,

Though his nature empeire and change 660

It is no wonder, lieve Sone,

Whan that he doth ayein his wone;

Philosophus. Consuetudo est altera natura.

For in Phisique this I finde,

Usage is the seconde kinde.[773]

P. iii. 24

[Love-Delicacy.]

And riht so changeth his astat[774]