wight dispyseth hem that liveth by lustes and delytes, as him
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that is thral and bounden servaunt to thinges right foule; suche
ben compted werse than men; he shal nat in their degree ben
rekened, ne for suche one alowed. Heritykes, sayn they, chosen
lyf bestial, that voluptuously liven; so that (as I first sayde to
thee) in manly and resonable livinges our mater was to declare;
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but [by] "manly" lyfe, in living after flesshe, or els flesshly wayes
to chese, may nat blisse in this knotte be conquered, as by reson