Unless sometime some crumbs fell to his share,

Which in his wallet long, God wot, kept be,

As on the which full daint’ly would he fare;

His drink, the running stream! his cup, the bare

Of his palm closed; his bed, the hard cold ground,

To this poor life was Misery ybound.

Sackville.

I do believe myself the creature,

Subject, and soldier, if I so may speak,

Of an Almighty Father, King and Lord;