Than wolde he speke, and crie as he were wood.

And whan that he wel dronken had the win,

Than wold he speken no word but Latin.

A fewe termes coude he, two or three,

That he had lerned out of som decree;

No wonder is, he heard it all the day.—

In danger hadde he at his owen gise

The yonge girles of the diocise,

And knew hir conseil, and was of hir rede.

A gerlond hadde he sette upon his hede