ABSTRACT

Confessio Amantis 507 I<'or oft a man may se this yit That who best doth lest thank shal have; It helpeth nought, the world to crave, Whiche out of reule and of mesure Hath ever stonde in aventure Als well in court as elies where; And how in olde daies there 2270 It stood so as the thinges felle, I thenke1 a tale for to telle.