As he which al stod in delice[799]

And tok non hiede of thilke vice.

P. iii. 35

And as it scholde so betyde,

A povere lazre upon a tyde

Cam to the gate and axed mete:

Bot there mihte he nothing gete[800]

His dedly hunger forto stanche;

For he, which hadde his fulle panche 1000

Of alle lustes ate bord,