For thanne I wolde neveremore

P. iii. 25

For lust of eny wommanhiede

Myn herte upon non other fiede:

And if I dede, it were a wast.

Bot al withoute such repast

Of lust, as ye me tolde above,

Of wif, or yit of other love, 700

I faste, and mai no fode gete;

So that for lacke of deinte mete,