That to myn Ere gret confort
Thei don, as thei that ben delices.
For al the metes and the spices,[788]
That eyn Lombard couthe make,
Ne be so lusti forto take
Ne so ferforth restauratif,
I seie as for myn oghne lif, 860
As ben the wordes of hire mouth:
For as the wyndes of the South
Ben most of alle debonaire,