The cours and the condicion.

And sche with gret affeccion

Sat stille and herde what he wolde:

And thus whan he sih time, he tolde, 1900

And feigneth with hise wordes wise

A tale, and seith in such a wise:

‘Ma dame, bot a while ago,

Wher I was in Egipte tho,

And radde in scole of this science,

It fell into mi conscience