Fulofte I have the betre ferd.

And tho tuo bringen in the thridde,

The which hath in myn herte amidde

P. iii. 32

His place take, to arraie

The lusti fode, which assaie[791]

I mot; and nameliche on nyhtes,

Whan that me lacketh alle sihtes,

And that myn heringe is aweie,

Thanne is he redy in the weie 910