2754 Whereas a wedded man in his estate Liveth a life blissful and ordinate, Under the yoke of marriáge y-bound; Well may his heart in joy and bliss abound. For who can be so buxom 2755 as a wife? Who is so true, and eke so áttentíve To keep 2756 him, sick and whole, as is his make? 2757 For weal or woe she will him not forsake: She is not weary him to love and serve, Though that he lie bedrid until he sterve. 2758 And yet some clerkës say it is not so; Of which he, Theophrast, is one of tho: 2759 What force 2760 though Theophrast list for to lie?